invalid locale when loading a dmrc generated by gdm

[Julien Lavergne]

Using Lubuntu Oneiric, with lxdm 0.4.1-0ubuntu1
When a .dmrc is generated by gdm, and "Default" is used for loading the language, lxdm loads it incorrectly.
This is the content of my .dmrc :

[Desktop]
Language=fr
Layout=fr oss
Session=Lubuntu
Langlist=fr:en
LCMess=fr_FR.UTF-8

It causes locale "fr" to be loaded, but it doesn't exist. The correct locale is fr_FR.UTF-8

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)]

Hi Julien!

The .dmrc file you show has not been created by GDM in Oneiric, but probably in Natty. Actually I don't think that GDM 3 cares about ~/.dmrc at all, and I doubt that the behavior you mention has anything to do with that file.

You can easily test my theory by removing ~/.dmrc and see if it makes a difference.

I suspect another cause of the behavior; an adjustment in lxdm may be needed to make it compatible with how language-selector sets the language.

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)]

Julien,
I was wrong yesterday, and you are right - lxdm does read "Language" from .dmrc if available.

I have prepared a branch that fixes both that issue and a couple of other locale/language related issues. It would be great if you could review the MP soon, because I think it's "critical" enough to go into Oneiric.

[Julien Lavergne (gilir)]

Thanks a lot for tracking this issue ! :)
I'll have a look at the merge and test it asap.

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)]

Great! I uploaded it to my PPA: https://launchpad.net/~gunnarhj/+archive/misc
The amd64 build is available now, while i386 is queued.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package lxdm - 0.4.1-0ubuntu3

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lxdm (0.4.1-0ubuntu3) oneiric; urgency=low

  [ Gunnar Hjalmarsson ]
  * debian/patches/22_ubuntu_i18n_oneiric.patch:
    - Source /etc/profile and ~/.profile (LP: #857326).
    - If the session language is set from the greeter, override
      language related variables that are set by sourcing ~/.profile.
    - Possible "Language" value in ~/.dmrc not applicable in Oneiric,
      so do not use it (LP: #843380).
  * debian/lxdm.upstart:
    - Export LC_MESSAGES to ensure correct display language on the
      login screen (LP: #857326).
 -- Julien Lavergne <email address hidden> Fri, 30 Sep 2011 23:09:43 +0200