Bug#586362: gdm sets LANG to C

[Michal Suchanek]

Package: gdm
Version: 2.20.7-4lenny1
Severity: normal


When I log in on the console LANG is unset and my shell init scripts
take care of setting it.

When I log in through gdm LANG is set to C.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.4
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'testing'), (300, 'unstable'), (295, 'experimental'), (290, 'stable-i386'), (280, 'testing-i386'), (270, 'unstable-i386'), (150, 'experimental-i386'), (70, 'oldstable'), (65, 'oldstable-i386')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.34-1-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages gdm depends on:
ii  adduser                 3.110            add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]   1.5.24           Debian configuration management sy
ii  gksu                    2.0.0-8          graphical frontend to su
ii  libart-2.0-2            2.3.20-2         Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0             1.30.0-1         The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libattr1                1:2.4.43-2       Extended attribute shared library
ii  libc6                   2.11.1-3         Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcairo2               1.8.10-4         The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-3             1.2.1-5+lenny1   simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2        0.86-1           simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdmx1                 1:1.0.2-3        X11 Distributed Multihead extensio
ii  libfontconfig1          2.8.0-2~bpo50+1  generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6            2.3.7-2+lenny1   FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libglade2-0             1:2.6.2-1        library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0            2.24.1-1         The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0       2.20.1.1-1       A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgtk2.0-0             2.20.1-1         The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libpam-modules          1.0.1-5+lenny1   Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii  libpam-runtime          1.0.1-5+lenny1   Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii  libpam0g                1.0.1-5+lenny1   Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libpango1.0-0           1.28.0-1         Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  librsvg2-2              2.26.3-1         SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  librsvg2-common         2.26.3-1         SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  libselinux1             2.0.94-1         SELinux runtime shared libraries
ii  libwrap0                7.6.q-16         Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii  libx11-6                2:1.3.3-3        X11 client-side library
ii  libxau6                 1:1.0.5-2        X11 authorisation library
ii  libxdmcp6               1:1.0.2-3        X11 Display Manager Control Protoc
ii  libxext6                2:1.1.1-3        X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxi6                  2:1.3-4          X11 Input extension library
ii  libxinerama1            2:1.0.3-2        X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxml2                 2.7.7.dfsg-2     GNOME XML library
ii  lsb-base                3.2-20           Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  rxvt-unicode [x-termina 9.05-1+lenny1    RXVT-like terminal emulator with U
ii  wmaker [x-window-manage 0.92.0-8         NeXTSTEP-like window manager for X
ii  xterm [x-terminal-emula 235-2            X terminal emulator
ii  zlib1g                  1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages gdm recommends:
ii  dialog                1.1-20080316-1     Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
ii  gdm-themes            0.6.1              Themes for the GNOME Display Manag
ii  whiptail              0.52.2-11.3+lenny1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
ii  xserver-xephyr        2:1.7.7-2          nested X server
ii  xserver-xorg          1:7.5+6            the X.Org X server
ii  zenity                2.22.1-2           Display graphical dialog boxes fro

Versions of packages gdm suggests:
pn  libpam-gnome-keyring          <none>     (no description available)
ii  locales-all [locales]         2.11.1-3   Embedded GNU C Library: Precompile
pn  pm-utils                      <none>     (no description available)

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/gdm/gdm.conf changed:
[daemon]
BaseXsession=/etc/X11/Xsession
[security]
[xdmcp]
[gui]
[greeter]
[chooser]
[debug]
[servers]


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