On Tuesday, 6 ?January 2009, Kevin Kofler wrote: > On Tuesday 06 January 2009, Oron Peled wrote: > > My biggest gripe with kdm is that due to the way KDE handles i18n (through > > system-settings and not environment variables), kdm does not have a > > language selection box in it's login widget and is therefore a non-starter > > for GNOME desktop users with i18n needs. > > Well, if there's just one local language, it can be set systemwide with > system-config-language. The problem starts when there are users using > different languages sharing the same machine. You've hit the exact use-case. When some family members from abroad are visiting I want them to (temporarily) login using a different locale. Rethinking, I now realize this is even more important: - System wide locale changing can only be done by root (me) while locale is a personal choice. E.g: I prefer English while my younger kid still need a native language desktop. - Changing locale with KDM + KDE-session involves: logging in, changing from system-settings, logging out, logging in again. Why not let the user select it during login? - The language selected in system-settings has no effect on the environment settings (check via the locale command). This looks like a bug (miss-feature?) to me. What do you say? -- Oron Peled Voice: +972-4-8228492 oron at actcom.co.il http://www.actcom.co.il/~oron "Linux is free. Clue is not." - Eric S. Raymond
