Wojciech Zabolotny wrote: >Hi All, >I need to set the LANG, LC_ALL and LC_CTYPE variables for X sessions started >by xdm in my system. How to do it? >When I set it in the /etc/profile, it is set in the xterm's but not in other >programs started eg. by menu. >Should it be set in the /etc/X11/xdm/Xstartup ? (or Xstartup_0 ?), I've >checked it, but without success... >Setting in /etc/init.d/xdm doesn't work either :-(. > >Is there any place where I could set IN ONE PLACE the correct default >i18n values for both X and console applications?
xdm runs .xsession startx runs .xinitrc so I have these files hard-linked to give me the same environment whichever I use. When you login, you should have .bash_profile run So, I put assignments in /etc/environment and include `. /etc/environment' in both .xsession and .bash_profile. (Make sure the variables are exported.) -- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver PGP key from public servers; key ID 32B8FAA1 ======================================== "God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us." Psalms 67:1
