Interesting... The problem does not occur on my 64bit machine, only on the 32bit.
apt-cache policy gdm gdm: Installed: 2.30.5-0ubuntu4.1+langfixes~maverick1 Candidate: 2.30.5-0ubuntu4.1+langfixes~maverick1 Version table: *** 2.30.5-0ubuntu4.1+langfixes~maverick1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-backports/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 2.30.5-0ubuntu4.1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main amd64 Packages 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-security/main amd64 Packages 2.30.5-0ubuntu4 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main amd64 Packages gg@gg-laptop:~$ locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=en_US:en LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8" LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8" LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8" LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8" LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8" LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8" LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8" LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8" LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8" LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8" LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8" LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8" LC_ALL= The update on the 64bit machine did not show as being from Backports on the Udate Manager as it does on the 32bit machines. Remove Backports on the 64bit machine and the 2.30.5-0ubuntu4.1+langfixes~maverick1 still shows (under Security). Installed w/o issue. On the 32bit machines the issue from my comment #11 remains & had to use 'dpkg-reconfigure -a' to get all working again as 'dpkg-reconfigure locale' did not stick on logout/reboot. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/746694 Title: GDM_LANG overrides my locales -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs