Re: set environment language at login screen

From: Phil Schaffner (Philip.R.Schaffner_at_NASA.gov)
Date: 06/30/04

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    Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 16:41:55 -0400
    
    

    On Wed, 2004-06-30 at 13:23 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
    > Phil Schaffner wrote:
    > > On Wed, 2004-06-30 at 19:40 +0100, Shashank Sharma wrote:
    ...
    > >>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.

    Should have mentioned those for completeness, but sounded like he just
    wanted to change the user environment rather than the system default.

    Phil

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