Firefox is set to ignore current locale by default. Because Firefox 1.5 is not multiligual, users (or admins) must install language extension to provide localization. But because the Firefox is se to ignore current locale (by global config), installed localization (by xpi file) is ignored and the user is forced to go to "about:config" screen and force locale manually as the second step after the langpack install. So please add this line to /usr/lib/firefox-1.5/defaults/pref/firefox-l10n.js file (this file is generated in the SPEC file so why not): pref("intl.locale.matchOS", true); After this, Firefox will be localized after the installation of the XPI file and restarting to the same language as the current GUI environment. This allows to install multiple languages and auto-switch the language as in the other applications (and in the GUI). So this will harm nobody. Thank you. To test, you may use Czech XPI file from here: http://ftp.czilla.cz/mozilla.org/firefox/1.5/lang/firefox-1.5.cs.linux-i686.langpack.xpi After the install, try to run firefox by: LANG=cs firefox
These bugs are being closed since a large number of updates have been released after the FC5 test1 and test2 releases. Kindly update your system by running yum update as root user or try out the third and final test version of FC5 being released in a short while and verify if the bugs are still present on the system .Reopen or file new bug reports as appropriate after confirming the presence of this issue. Thanks
Reporter, could you confirm please, that this bug still could be reproduced with the latest release of Fedora (FC6)? It works for me without a glitch with both FC6 and RHEL5b2.
Fedora Core 5 and Fedora Core 6 are, as we're sure you've noticed, no longer test releases. We're cleaning up the bug database and making sure important bug reports filed against these test releases don't get lost. It would be helpful if you could test this issue with a released version of Fedora or with the latest development / test release. Thanks for your help and for your patience. [This is a bulk message for all open FC5/FC6 test release bugs. I'm adding myself to the CC list for each bug, so I'll see any comments you make after this and do my best to make sure every issue gets proper attention.]