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How do I change the default locale for my gnome session? I created /etc/default/locale-local with this content:
LANG=pt_PT.UTf-8
LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
and added this to /etc/pam.d/gdm3, /etc/pam.d/gdm3-autologin, /etc/pam.d/gdm-welcome, /etc/pam.d/login, /etc/pam.d/su and /etc/pam.d/sshd:
session required pam_env.so readenv=1 envfile=/etc/default/locale-local
What am I missing?
Ninguém
Posted 2013-10-26T20:50:29.593
Reputation: 23
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I am not sure why you are doing it piecewise. The normal route is:
to check current settings:
locale
check existing locales
locale -a
chnage settings by either editing /etc/default/locale, or by using update-locale
update-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LC_MESSAGES=POSIX
generate locales
locale-gen locale-gen fr_FR.UTF-8
change gdm settings, by editing /var/cache/gdm/$USER/dmrc
rebooting.
Hope this helps.
MariusMatutiae
Posted 2013-10-26T20:50:29.593
Reputation: 41 321
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Ended up just creating a ~/.xsessionrc file with locale configuration on it:
LANG=pt_PT.UTf-8
LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
I don't think ~/.dmrc would work since my home is 700.
Ninguém
Posted 2013-10-26T20:50:29.593
Reputation: 23
Debian documentation advices against changing form us_US.UTF-8 for maximum compatibility! Maybe there are better ways?... – Ninguém – 2013-10-28T16:20:08.353
us_US.UTF-8 does not exist. As for the locales I used, I wrote them as examples. I do not know what you want to set, you can set whatever you like. The info I gave you come from https://wiki.debian.org/Locale and from http://serverfault.com/questions/54591/how-to-install-change-locale-on-debian
– MariusMatutiae – 2013-10-28T16:43:17.253Right. I meant en_US.UTF-8. – Ninguém – 2013-10-28T22:00:56.643
From the debian documentation I mentioned: "It is good idea to install system wide default locale as "en_US.UTF-8" for maximum compatibility." I was trying to do just that, while at the same time changing locales via the PAM modules. – Ninguém – 2013-10-28T22:35:01.417