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Date:      Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:54:34 -0400
From:      Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
To:        Daichi GOTO <daichi@ongs.co.jp>
Cc:        gnome@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Suggest: gdm_lang flag for gdm startup language
Message-ID:  <1239681274.1304.93.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
In-Reply-To: <49E3FC71.7090904@ongs.co.jp>
References:  <49E3FC71.7090904@ongs.co.jp>

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On Tue, 2009-04-14 at 12:01 +0900, Daichi GOTO wrote:
> Hi gnome guys,
>=20
> I want to suggest follow patch to /usr/local/etc/rc.d/gdm
> RGng script setting default startup language. With follow
> patch, someone want to use gdm as non-English default, e.g.,
> adding gdm_lang=3D"ja_JP.UTF-8" to /etc/rc.conf is anwser.
>=20
> It is bothering me every day first time I must set Japanese
> when gdm login display. Do you have any ideas?  If you have
> no objection, I want to commit to /usr/ports/x11/gdm/files/gdm.in

We already have a procedure for this documented on the FAQ:

http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html#q29

The /etc/profile method is preferred as there is already support for it
upstream.

Joe

>=20
> Thanks :)
>=20
>=20
> --- gdm.orig	2009-04-14 11:55:01.000000000 +0900
> +++ gdm	2009-04-14 11:54:36.000000000 +0900
> @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
>=20
>   gdm_enable=3D${gdm_enable-${gnome_enable}}
>   gdm_preserve_base_pam_conf=3D${gdm_preserve_base_pam_conf-NO}
> +gdm_lang=3D${gdm_lang-${LANG}}
>=20
>   export PATH=3D/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/s=
bin
>=20
> @@ -54,7 +55,7 @@
>   	sleep 1
>   	iter=3D$(expr ${iter} + 1)
>       done
> -    ${command} ${gdm_flags} ) &
> +    LANG=3D${gdm_lang} ${command} ${gdm_flags} ) &
>   }
>=20
>   load_rc_config ${name}
>=20
>=20
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