Bug#265101: marked as done (LANG in /etc/environment does not
take effect after reboot)
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From: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
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Subject: LANG in /etc/environment does not take effect after reboot
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Package: gdm
Version: 2.4.4.7-3
Severity: normal
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Several Debian installation reports, including #264986 and #265016
mention a strange gdm behavior, which I have confirmed. These users
installed in non-English, and when base-config starts gdm for the first
time on the newly installed system, it comes up localised to their
language. However, when they reboot, gdm always comes up in English
thereafter.
I've investigated, and newly installed systems have a /etc/default/gdm
like this:
# GDM Defaults, source in the init script that starts GDM. LANG
# setting is taken from the locales package by default.
LANG=3D
export LANG
(Aside: this export of LANG violates the strict letter of Debian policy
for defaults files. They are intended to only set variables, not export
them or call other shell commands. If you need LANG exported, it should
be exported in the init script after sourcing the defualts file.)
So there are two problems. First, the resulting "LANG=3D" unsets any
previously set value of LANG. Second, neither gdm nor its init script
seem to source /etc/environment to get the proper LANG setting as
provided by the installer.
I still don't understand why gdm is localised when it's started from
base-config. While base-config has exported LANG before running the init
script, I'd think the defaults file would unset it again, but it seems
to not.
I was able to get gdm to always come up localised by:
1. Commenting out the LANG settings in /etc/default/gdm.
2. Adding some lines near the top of /etc/init.d/gdm to source
/etc/environment, and export LANG.
I suggest modifying the init.d script as described, and changing the
package to not write LANG=3D to /etc/default/gdm if it cannot get a LANG
setting from locales/default_environment_locale (which you won't, on a
fresh Debian install).
BTW, I looked at bug #133578, and IMHO, you just picked the wrong fix
for that bug entirely. locales is not the right source of default
language; /etc/environment is. I'd really recommend removing the changes
introduced to fix #133578, and just source /etc/environment as I
described. Ryan Murray's argument in
<20040417041342.GY13742@cyberhqz.com> seems wrong; /etc/environment
can be trivially parsed by sourcing it in the gdm init script, and gdm
*is* a login program, so sourcing /etc/environment is appropriate. But
this is only my opinion and I don't really care how you fix this bug. If
you would rather have d-i/base-config write a language setting to some
other file entirely, we could even do that.
And BTW, if this bug is not fixed soon (within a week), I will probably
start working around it in base-config. There are two workarounds I can
think of, the easiest is using kdm as the default greeter for new Debian
installs. Especially since gnome-session is *still* not fixed in
testing, so users already get KDE even when logging into gdm.
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From: Ryan Murray <rmurray@debian.org>
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Subject: Bug#265101: fixed in gdm 2.6.0.4-1
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Source: gdm
Source-Version: 2.6.0.4-1
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
gdm, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
gdm_2.6.0.4-1.diff.gz
to pool/main/g/gdm/gdm_2.6.0.4-1.diff.gz
gdm_2.6.0.4-1.dsc
to pool/main/g/gdm/gdm_2.6.0.4-1.dsc
gdm_2.6.0.4-1_i386.deb
to pool/main/g/gdm/gdm_2.6.0.4-1_i386.deb
gdm_2.6.0.4.orig.tar.gz
to pool/main/g/gdm/gdm_2.6.0.4.orig.tar.gz
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 265101@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
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Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 21:45:36 -0700
Source: gdm
Binary: gdm
Architecture: source i386
Version: 2.6.0.4-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Ryan Murray <rmurray@debian.org>
Changed-By: Ryan Murray <rmurray@debian.org>
Description:
gdm - GNOME Display Manager
Closes: 248263 258213 258933 259173 261786 262625 265101 266734 267146
Changes:
gdm (2.6.0.4-1) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* New upstream release (closes: #258213)
* When XKeepsCrashing uses whiptail, pass --scrolltext (closes: #248263)
* Fix case typo in slave.c (closes: #259173)
* Use invoke-rc.d in prerm (closes: #262625)
* Don't export LANG in /etc/default/gdm (closes: #265101)
* Move libexecdir to /usr/lib/gdm (closes: #266734)
* Keep stderr open across some execs so error messages make it to the log
(closes: #261786)
* Update de.po, es.po (closes: #258933, #267146)
Files:
073d54c302a1f94b7dae36dd035f1733 719 gnome optional gdm_2.6.0.4-1.dsc
8abac4da9cdaa21ca0a0bd03a42a7e19 5310026 gnome optional gdm_2.6.0.4.orig.tar.gz
bc935bf6878dcf45b8fe6c5b59086fb0 58047 gnome optional gdm_2.6.0.4-1.diff.gz
bba9df0f5b4315ab3a06268dd3cc0715 2976852 gnome optional gdm_2.6.0.4-1_i386.deb
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