Tim: >> I don't recall finding a way to do that. However, the languages choice >> on the GDM greeter screen (where you first login) lets you pick your >> locale. And does so, whether or not there's a specific language pack >> installed for it. e.g. You can set en-AU, and get it, even if there's >> no Australian-specific English language pack on the box. Ian Chapman: > Thanks for that tip Tim, that does work well for me but of course that > doesn't work when logging in on a VT. Hmm, I thought it would. Once you've logged in using it to set your preference, the value is set for your login. You don't need to ever do it again, and I found that the output of running locale showed my preferences if I did log in on a virtual terminal. I don't know why we got different results. > Curiously, if I edit /etc/sysconfig/i18n which currently contains: > > LANG="en_US.UTF-8" > SYSFONT="latarcyrheb-sun16" > SUPPORTED="en_US.UTF-8:en_US:en" > > and change SUPPORTED to: > > SUPPORTED="en_US.UTF-8:en_US:en:en_GB.UTF-8" > > then system-config-language lets me choose English (UK) and updates > LANG to en_GB.UTF-8. Seems strange to me that in order to use a > graphical tool you have to use the command line and 'hack' the config > first. Looking at what CentOS offers, there. There is no "supported" line, and the languages GUI does give me a list of languages with local variants. I hadn't looked, before, because I was used to Fedora offering just "English." After picking English (Australian) its /etc/sysconfig/i18n file is: LANG="en_AU.UTF-8" SYSFONT="latarcyrheb-sun16" Maybe you might want to try removing the "supported" line and see if it changes what's offered in the GUI? -- (This box runs Centos 5.0, my others still run FC 4, 5, 6, & 7, in case that's important to the thread.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
