Joachim Trinkwitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "Eric G . Miller" <egm2@jps.net> writes: > > > /etc/profile is for Bash. I don't think gdm cares about that. But, in > > /etc/gdm/gdm.conf there is this parameter (which I have set to english): > > > > DefaultLocale=english > > Yes, I know (mine is set to german, but this one only set the locales > for the GNOME applications, not for gdm itself). > > OK, I see, when logged in as root, bash sets the locale, then when I > restart gdm, gdm gets the locale too. > > But the problem remains: how to set the locale before the login > process starts gdm initially? > > Thanks anyway, > joachim > Use PAM: In /etc/environment: MOZILLA_HOME=/usr/local/netscape405/ MuPAD_ROOT_PATH=/usr/local/MuPAD CVSROOT=/usr/local/cvsroot XNLSPATH=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/nls LC_ALL=de_DE LANG=de_DE
And modify /etc/pam.d/gdm : #%PAM-1.0 auth required pam_unix_auth.so auth required pam_env.so <============ account required pam_unix_acct.so password required pam_unix_passwd.so shadow session required pam_unix_session.so For Bash in /etc/profile: set -a . /etc/environment set +a Ramin
