Bug 1393976

Summary: gdm confused by English+Arabic
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: zlists
Component: gdmAssignee: Ray Strode [halfline] <rstrode>
Status: CLOSED EOL QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description zlists 2016-11-10 18:19:01 UTC
Description of problem:
I installed Fedora 24-1.2 and then installed (Syrian) Arabic.  I created some accounts, all of which have English passwords.  At the gdm screen, if "en" is selected when I pick a user, gdm rejects all my attempts to log in.
However, if "ar" is selected when I choose a user, and *then* (and only then) change the "ar" to "en", I am able to log in.

This is 100% repeatable.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
1:3.20.1-3.fc24

How reproducible:
Unfortunately, every time.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install fedora, create an account with English name and password, then install 
   sudo dnf groupinstall arabic-support
   sudo dnf install 'dnf-command(langinstall)'
   sudo dnf langinstall ar_S
2. Go to Settings->Region & Language and put Arabic as the first choice
    for both Input Source and Langauge.
3. Log out.  Try to log in.

Actual results:
I don't get logged in.

Expected results:
I get logged in.

Additional info:
I updated all the packages with "dnf update" but that didn't help.

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