[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#733261: Bug#733261: lightdm lost ability not to set LANG

[Ernest Adrogué]

2014-01- 3, 19:43 (+0100); Yves-Alexis Perez escriu:
> On Fri, Jan 03, 2014 at 04:02:30PM +0100, Ernest Adrogué wrote:
> > Package: lightdm
> > Version: 1.8.5-2
> > Followup-For: Bug #733261
> > 
> > Hi there,
> > 
> > I don't get it.  So, the only way to set the locale for my user account with
> > LightDM is using the GUI?
> > 
> > Then what is the point of this .dmrc file if it is ignored/overwritten by
> > the display manager?
> 
> No, what's overriden is the fact you *removed* the language setting. If
> you *change* the locale in there, it should work.

What do you mean *I* removed the language setting?  

This file was created by LightDM. It contained the following lines:

[Desktop]
Session=lightdm-xsession
Language=en_US.utf8

---EOF---

This is the default locale in the system.  Then I edited the file and
replaced "en_US-utf8" with "ca_ES.UTF-8".

[Desktop]
Session=lightdm-xsession
Language=ca_ES.UTF-8

---EOF---

Logged out, logged in, now the locale is still set to "en_US.utf8" and the
file has been reverted to the state previous to my edit.

The only way to change the locale is by selecting a locale in the login
screen.  Changes to .dmrc have no effect because the file is overwritten
every time.

Regards.