Bug 1371290 - Changing language in gnome3 works perfectly only after a full reboot, log out and log in is not enough
Summary: Changing language in gnome3 works perfectly only after a full reboot, log out...
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Status: CLOSED EOL
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gdm
Version: 25
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ray Strode [halfline]
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2016-08-29 19:54 UTC by Mike FABIAN
Modified: 2017-12-12 10:23 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2017-12-12 10:23:19 UTC
Type: Bug


Attachments (Terms of Use)
language-change-problem-01-japanese.png (384.23 KB, image/png)
2016-08-29 19:55 UTC, Mike FABIAN
no flags Details
language-change-problem-02-changing-to-german.png (244.97 KB, image/png)
2016-08-29 19:55 UTC, Mike FABIAN
no flags Details
language-change-problem-03-changing-to-german.png (208.47 KB, image/png)
2016-08-29 19:56 UTC, Mike FABIAN
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language-change-problem-04-changing-to-german-logged-out-gdm-is-still-japanese.png (489.64 KB, image/png)
2016-08-29 19:56 UTC, Mike FABIAN
no flags Details
language-change-problem-05-changing-to-german-logged-in-again-desktop-is-mostly-german-but-some-parts-are-still-japanese.png (442.60 KB, image/png)
2016-08-29 19:57 UTC, Mike FABIAN
no flags Details

Description Mike FABIAN 2016-08-29 19:54:45 UTC
I installed Fedora-Workstation-netinst-x86_64-25-Alpha-1.2.iso using
qemu-kvm like this:

nice -n 19 ionice -c 3 qemu-kvm -machine pc-i440fx-2.4 -enable-kvm -global qxl.ram_size=1x1024 -m 2048M -smp 2 -drive file=./Fedora-Workstation-netinst-x86_64-25-Alpha-1.2.iso.qcow2,index=0,media=disk,cache=unsafe -localtime -serial file:/tmp/qemu-Fedora-Workstation-netinst-x86_64-25-Alpha-1.2.iso.qcow2-output.log -name Fedora-Workstation-netinst-x86_64-25-Alpha-1.2.iso.qcow2 -cdrom /local/mfabian/iso/Fedora-25/Fedora-Workstation-netinst-x86_64-25-Alpha-1.2.iso -boot c -spice port=6002,disable-ticketing,streaming-video=off -vga qxl -display vnc=:6 -net nic -net user,hostname=Fedora-Workstation-netinst-x86_64-25-Alpha-1.2.iso.qcow2,hostfwd=tcp::5556-:22 -monitor stdio -usb -usbdevice mouse -soundhw all


- Installation done in Japanese

- After first log in into Gnome, the desktop is correctly in Japanese

  see: language-change-problem-01-japanese.png

- Now I try to switch to German using the “gnome-control-center region”

  see: language-change-problem-02-changing-to-german.png

  It tells me to log out to make the change effective.

- I click on “Jetzt neustarten” (= "restart now") and see the logout dialog:

  see: language-change-problem-03-changing-to-german.png

- Then I get back to gdm, which is still in Japanese:

  see: language-change-problem-04-changing-to-german-logged-out-gdm-is-still-japanese.png

- I log in again, now the desktop is mostly in German but parts are still in Japanese:

  see: language-change-problem-05-changing-to-german-logged-in-again-desktop-is-mostly-german-but-some-parts-are-still-japanese.png

  Note for example the menu bar of gnome-terminal, it is in Japanese.

  The locale command executed in gnome-terminal prints only German locale settings
  (de_DE.UTF-8).

  cat /etc/locale.conf also shows LANG=de_DE.UTF-8

  But checking the environment of gnome-terminal-server shows that it is still
  Japanese:
  
  [mfabian@Fedora-Workstation-netinst-x86_6 ~]$ tr '\0' '\n' <  /proc/$(pidof gnome-terminal-server)/environ | grep LANG
LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8
  [mfabian@Fedora-Workstation-netinst-x86_6 ~]$

- logging out again and logging in again does not fix this, this mixture
  of German and Japanese remains

- Only a reboot finally fixes the problem.

Comment 1 Mike FABIAN 2016-08-29 19:55:16 UTC
Created attachment 1195497 [details]
language-change-problem-01-japanese.png

Comment 2 Mike FABIAN 2016-08-29 19:55:43 UTC
Created attachment 1195498 [details]
language-change-problem-02-changing-to-german.png

Comment 3 Mike FABIAN 2016-08-29 19:56:10 UTC
Created attachment 1195499 [details]
language-change-problem-03-changing-to-german.png

Comment 4 Mike FABIAN 2016-08-29 19:56:38 UTC
Created attachment 1195500 [details]
language-change-problem-04-changing-to-german-logged-out-gdm-is-still-japanese.png

Comment 5 Mike FABIAN 2016-08-29 19:57:06 UTC
Created attachment 1195501 [details]
language-change-problem-05-changing-to-german-logged-in-again-desktop-is-mostly-german-but-some-parts-are-still-japanese.png

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