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| Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj) wrote Re: language selection not preserved accross upgrades | #1 |
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Hi Michael,
I can confirm your description. ~/.dmrc is the principal place for storing language settings in 11.04. ~/.profile is used as well, but ~/.profile is only updated if language-selector is used to change language.
In 11.10 ~/.profile is the principal storing place, and possible language related values in ~/.dmrc are ignored. If the last change of the user language in 11.04 is made from the GDM greeter, which it is in the case you describe, that change will need to be redone after an upgrade to 11.10.
If it's considered important enough, code might be added that compares ~/.dmrc and ~/.profile at a distro upgrade, and modifies ~/.profile if needed.
It may be worth mentioning that in 11.10 a helpful admin can change the language settings for any user from System Settings -> User Accounts.