On 'reload gdm', gdm greeter does not read /etc/environment or /etc/default/locale
Submitted by David Planella
Link to original bug (#628431)
Description
(Forwarded from the downstream bug at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm/+bug/552664)
When I change my locale settings for LANG and LANGUAGE in /etc/environment and /etc/default/locale and issue 'reload gdm', gdm greeter does not read those files and therefor does not notice the locale change for the greeting screen. Instead, the previous settings are used.
Only after killing gdm with 'service gdm restart', the locale changes are taking effect. This, however, kills the running X session instantly and is therefor not the desired solution.
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: gdm 2.30.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-18.27-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-18-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Apr 1 00:36:00 2010 EcryptfsInUse: Yes ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=de_DE:en_US:en LANG=de_DE.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gdm
Version: 2.29.x