Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 110310
cannot set language per user
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:10:33 EST
Description of problem: Looks like in FC1, it's im possible to set the language of KDE per user. I'm running this machine in "init 3" normally, and user can start X by "startx". Default LANG of the machine is en_US, also user wants to use en_US for all, except the KDE menues. On "Regional & Accessability/Country/Region and language" in the control center, German is specified and this window also has German menues (but not the others). A reselect and apply won't help. A global switch to German will work, but not wanted, because the full system now speaks German. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kdebase-3.1.4-6 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Install FC1 with KDE 2.Install additional language package German 3.Start system in init 3 4.Log-in as user 5.Startx 6.Change KDE language Actual Results: Nothing happens Expected Results: KDE "speaks" selected language Additional info: Such setup (system=en_US, KDE = German) worked at least on RHL 7.3 and afair also on RHL 9. Was there some magic added now which prevents such setups? BTW: also root can't select a new language successfully in the KDE control center.
Is it possible that this bug is related to https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=167344 ?
Related to bug 172130.
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Hmm, I've switched to GNOME since around FC4 and have learnt about using ~/.i18n. I don't know whether this is still a problem on newer FC releases, but it's currently out-of-scope for me. Can be closed with "deferred" or something similar for now.
Gnome provides no way for a user to specify their own language from withing Gnome, however the GDM logon screen does, so..