how can change gdm language?

Asked by Javier Jardón

how can change gdm language to put it in spanish (es-es). Thank you

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Javier Jardón (jjardon) said :
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I use Xubuntu 7.04

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Sam Cater (wraund-deactivatedaccount) said :
#2

check in synaptic, there will probably be a spanish package there

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Javier Jardón (jjardon) said :
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i get all related spanish packages (I install language-pack-es and language-support-es). Only gdm is in english

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TraceyLedbetter (concept10) said :
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gksudo gnome-language-selector (configures for the GDM login)

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TraceyLedbetter (concept10) said :
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If it's not installed, go ahead and install it.

Hope this helps.

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Javier Jardón (jjardon) said :
#6

Hello,

language-selector is already installled and I configure it to spanish. Only gdm is in english.

Maybe it is a bug

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Jeff Martin (evilgourmet) said :
#7

Hello,

Have you tried editing the /etc/gdm/gdm.conf file, adding the line :

$GDM_LANG=es_ES.ISO-8859-1

From what I understand GDM resets itself to a default language, unless you set it.

Hope this helps,

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Best Javier Jardón (jjardon) said :
#8

No work, i report a bug #109243