Re: set environment language at login screen

From: Rick Stevens (rstevens_at_vitalstream.com)
Date: 06/30/04

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    Phil Schaffner wrote:
    > On Wed, 2004-06-30 at 19:40 +0100, Shashank Sharma wrote:
    >
    >>Hi all,
    >>
    >>I am using FC2. I have a graphical login set up and so
    >>I can choose the environment language from the login
    >>screen by clicking on the Language tab at the bottom
    >>left.
    >>
    >>By language for environment I mean that I get the
    >>desktop icons and the panel all in my selected
    >>language.
    >>
    >>My query is, how to choose language if login is set
    >>for init 3. I mean, how would I choose a language for
    >>my session if I don't have a graphical login screen.
    >
    >
    > Believe the LANG environment variable will do it. See what
    > "env | grep LANG" shows with the desired language environment active,
    > and then "export LANG=<setting>" in runlevel 3.

    Try changing the "LANG=" setting in /etc/sysconfig/i18n as that sets
    the default language. /etc/sysconfig/keyboard sets the default keymap,
    too.
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