Now this is strange. I see in /var/log/lightdm/lightdm.log the entry "Greeter sets language fr_FR", and it's not followed by any error message. Still, as you say, Language is not set in /var/lib/AccountsService/users/scheuer.
Furthermore, since Language isn't set in /var/lib/AccountsService/users/scheuer, accountsservice should fall back to the language in /etc/default/locale. So French (France) should be pre-selected at login. I wouldn't think that those warning messages in x-0-greeter.log are related. (I have one of those warnings myself.) OTOH I'm kind of lost. I tested with my own relatively clean Xubuntu installation (it's Xubuntu you are using, right?), and it behaves as expected in this respect. You could of course try to manually edit /var/lib/AccountsService/users/scheuer and add these lines: Language=fr_FR FormatsLocale=fr_FR.UTF-8 ** Package changed: language-selector (Ubuntu) => accountsservice (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: accountsservice (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to accountsservice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1276072 Title: Language selection always falls back to English To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/accountsservice/+bug/1276072/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs