Created attachment 943011 [details] changing-language-for-the-first-time-with-gnome-control-center.png I installed Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-21_Alpha-1.iso in qemu using: ionice -c 3 qemu-kvm -enable-kvm -global qxl.ram_size=1x1024 -m 2048M -smp 2 -drive file=./Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-21_Alpha-1.iso.qcow2,index=0,media=disk,cache=unsafe -localtime -serial file:/tmp/qemu-Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-21_Alpha-1.iso.qcow2-output.log -name Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-21_Alpha-1.iso.qcow2 -cdrom /local/mfabian/iso/f21-Alpha/Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-21_Alpha-1.iso -boot c -spice port=6000,disable-ticketing,streaming-video=off -vga qxl -display vnc=:4 -net nic -net user,hostname=Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-21_Alpha-1.iso.qcow2,hostfwd=tcp::5555-:22 -monitor stdio -usb • I did the installation in Japanese. • After the installation, one can see that /etc/locale.conf contains “LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8”. (Top left screenshot of the attached changing-language-for-the-first-time-with-gnome-control-center.png) • Now I opened “gnome-control-center” and went to the regional settings. - It shows: 言語 (language) English (United States) フォーマット (format) United States (English) (Top center of the attached changing-language-for-the-first-time-with-gnome-control-center.png) *Bug here*: Why not Japanese? Why doesn’t this check the current settings? - Now I select Deutsch (German) (Top right of the attached changing-language-for-the-first-time-with-gnome-control-center.png) - And close the dialog with 完了 (completion) - Now “gnome-control-center region” shows 言語 (language) Deutsch (Deutschland) フォーマット (format) Deutschland (Deutsch) *Bug here*: checking /etc/locale.conf reveals that it contains: LANG=de_DE.utf8 LC_NUMERIC=ja_JP.UTF-8 LC_TIME=ja_JP.UTF-8 LC_MONETARY=ja_JP.UTF-8 LC_PAPER=ja_JP.UTF-8 LC_MEASUREMENT=ja_JP.UTF-8 I.e. LANG has been changed to German but several LC_* variables are suddenly Japanese‽ Although フォーマット (format) Deutschland (Deutsch) is displayed in “gnome-control-center region” (Bottom left of the attached changing-language-for-the-first-time-with-gnome-control-center.png) - gnome suggests to restart to apply the settings, I click on “Jetzt neustarten” (restart now) - It shows a logout screen: (Bottom center of the attached changing-language-for-the-first-time-with-gnome-control-center.png) - After logging in again, one can see that the language has changed to German but the formats are still Japanese. See the “木 11:58” in the center of the gnome panel (Bottom right of the attached changing-language-for-the-first-time-with-gnome-control-center.png)
When one changes the language again to something else with the gnome-control-center, the problem remains. But as soon as one manually changes the “formats” with the gnome-control-center once, the problem goes away. From then on, the language and the formats are displayed correctly in “gnome-control-center region” (i.e. agreeing with the contents of /etc/locale.conf) and /etc/locale.conf is changed correctly.
I am slightly confused. User language config should not necessarily change the system locale I think?
(In reply to Jens Petersen from comment #2) > I am slightly confused. User language config should not necessarily change > the system locale I think? Gnome changes the system language as described in comment#0 only if the user is in the group wheel. (Just tried on dora-Workstation-netinst-x86_64-21_Beta_TC1.iso).
*** Bug 1164758 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Ping, anyone there, please? This bug sounds serious to Japanese speaking user.
The bug still exists in Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-22-TC4.iso.
(In reply to Mike FABIAN from comment #0) > Created attachment 943011 [details] > changing-language-for-the-first-time-with-gnome-control-center.png > > I installed Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-21_Alpha-1.iso in qemu using: Now I tried again with Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-22_Beta-3.iso : nice ionice -c 3 qemu-kvm -machine pc-1.3 -enable-kvm -global qxl.ram_size=1x1024 -m 2048M -smp 2 -drive file=./Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-22_Beta-3.iso.qcow2,index=0,media=disk,cache=unsafe -localtime -serial file:/tmp/qemu-Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-22_Beta-3.iso.qcow2-output.log -name Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-22_Beta-3.iso.qcow2 -cdrom /local/mfabian/iso/f22-Beta-RC3/Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-22_Beta-3.iso -boot c -spice port=6000,disable-ticketing,streaming-video=off -vga qxl -display vnc=:4 -net nic -net user,hostname=Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-22_Beta-3.iso.qcow2,hostfwd=tcp::5560-:22 -monitor stdio -usb > • I did the installation in Japanese. > > • After the installation, one can see that > /etc/locale.conf contains “LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8”. Same. > • Now I opened “gnome-control-center” and > went to the regional settings. > > - It shows: > 言語 (language) English (United States) > フォーマット (format) United States (English) Same. > *Bug here*: Why not Japanese? Why doesn’t this check the current > settings? > > - Now I select Deutsch (German) > > - And close the dialog with 完了 (completion) > > - Now “gnome-control-center region” shows > 言語 (language) Deutsch (Deutschland) > フォーマット (format) Deutschland (Deutsch) Same. > *Bug here*: checking /etc/locale.conf reveals that it contains: > > LANG=de_DE.utf8 > LC_NUMERIC=ja_JP.UTF-8 > LC_TIME=ja_JP.UTF-8 > LC_MONETARY=ja_JP.UTF-8 > LC_PAPER=ja_JP.UTF-8 > LC_MEASUREMENT=ja_JP.UTF-8 Same. > I.e. LANG has been changed to German but several LC_* variables > are suddenly Japanese‽ Although > フォーマット (format) Deutschland (Deutsch) > is displayed in “gnome-control-center region” Same. > - gnome suggests to restart to apply the settings, I click > on “Jetzt neustarten” (restart now) > > - It shows a logout screen: > (Bottom center of the attached > changing-language-for-the-first-time-with-gnome-control-center.png) > > - After logging in again, one can see that the language > has changed to German but the formats are still Japanese. > See the “木 11:58” in the center of the gnome panel Now I see “Mo 16:51” in the center of the gnome panel, i.e. the formats are correct now in Gnome. *But*, /etc/locale.conf has contents now which do not fit to the locale environment variables used by Gnome now: “locale” in a gnome-terminal shows: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 LC_CTYPE="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_NUMERIC="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_TIME="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_COLLATE="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_MONETARY="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_MESSAGES="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_PAPER="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_NAME="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_ADDRESS="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_TELEPHONE="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_MEASUREMENT="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_IDENTIFICATION="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_ALL= But: [mfabian@Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-2 LC_MESSAGES]$ cat /etc/locale.conf LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 LC_NUMERIC=ja_JP.UTF-8 LC_TIME=ja_JP.UTF-8 LC_MONETARY=ja_JP.UTF-8 LC_PAPER=ja_JP.UTF-8 LC_MEASUREMENT=ja_JP.UTF-8 [mfabian@Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-2 LC_MESSAGES]$ Now I open the gnome-control-center again and change the formats to Spanish, and click on the “restart now” button again. Now everything is correct, “locale” in a gnome terminal shows: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 LC_CTYPE="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_NUMERIC=es_ES.UTF-8 LC_TIME=es_ES.UTF-8 LC_COLLATE="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_MONETARY="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_MESSAGES="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_PAPER=es_ES.UTF-8 LC_NAME="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_ADDRESS="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_TELEPHONE="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_MEASUREMENT=es_ES.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_ALL= and [mfabian@Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-2 ~]$ cat /etc/locale.conf LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 LC_NUMERIC=es_ES.UTF-8 LC_TIME=es_ES.UTF-8 LC_MONETARY=es_ES.UTF-8 LC_PAPER=es_ES.UTF-8 LC_MEASUREMENT=es_ES.UTF-8 [mfabian@Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-2 ~]$ I.e. it better now then before but some weirdness remains.
In the final release of Fedora 22, the problem described in comment#7 is unchanged.
@Mike Fabian, this looks like an interesting bug. Has any work been done on it and any suggestions where I'd start digging for trying to fix it?
No work has been done so far, it still behaves the same way.
Similar issue still presents on f23 beta TC1. Even if selecting non-US locales on anaconda and it looks applied properly after starting desktop, region & language on gnome-control-center says "English (United States)" and so on for language and format. after changing it again there, it's gone though.
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moving to F23 based on #11
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