Thanks for clarification. I guess, I have to play with it a bit more.
Probably, the message or the text on the controls should clarify, that
the change of the language on the login banner is intended for one
login only and hint about the system-wide language settings, which are
used by default. BTW, in which language the message asking for reload
is displayed? The newly selected one, or the old one?
... here I was checking how it actually works... Some time later.
OK. I see now.
System locale: en_US.UTF-8
User selects: ru_RU.UTF-8
Once user request a change of language, he/she gets a dialog with the
question[1] + explanation[2]:
[1]Do you wish to restart the login screen with the chosen language?
[2] You will restart the login screen with the ru_RU.UTF-8 locale.
|No| |*Yes*|
Which is cryptic (locale notation used instead of the language), and
might be not helpful at all if user does not understand system-wide
language.
First, it might be wise to change the message, explaining, that the
banner is changed for one login only. Second, it might be helpful to
display the message in two languages simultaneously (system wide +
newly chosen), i.e. it will look like system wide locale message +
translation in one.
Thanks.
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 2:03 PM, Sebastien Bacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The login banner is a system one, it can't know what user is going to
> login next so it uses the system default language. You can change this
> setting using the language selector. Now if you are going to log in,
> select a language, it's easy to guess that the user on the keyboard
> wants to get this language used and gdm suggest reloading the banner in
> the locale you are interested using so you can understand the option.
> That's not because one user has decided to try some other locale than
> the system default should be changed for everybody though, this option
> only takes effect for the current session
>
>
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> [Hardy] GMD's language doesn't change when using another default language
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202950
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