What sets $LANG on a KDE setup?

[mamoulian]

I can't see how $LANG, or /etc/sysconfig/i18n is supposed to be set on a KDE system.
The 'system settings' control panel has 'Personal -> Keyboard Layout' but that applies to X apps once the user has logged in to X, not the system, and provides a way of the user changing the keyboard at runtime. It's 'disabled' on mine because I never need to change the keyboard.

A Google search suggests running 'system-config-language'. This I did, it installed some en_GB rpm using PackageKit and edited /etc/sysconfig/i18n.

Someone opting for a KDE setup will not get directed to run that config as it's not part of 'system settings'.


As an aside, Anaconda put 'LANG=en_US.UTF-8' in my grub.conf. I changed this but it had no effect.

[scottro]

Hrrm, grub should have done it. I usually set it in $HOME/.bash_profile

This should take effect once you log in, whether to X or console.

[mamoulian]

Nope... maybe grub's setting applies until it is overridden by etc/sysconfig/i18n at some point in the boot sequence.

Still... there should be a noob-friendly obvious GUI way to set it.

I'd add a feature request to bugzilla... but should it go to the Fedora Project or KDE?


Actually, since you tell Anaconda which keyboard you have, shouldn't anaconda have set it in etc/sysconfig/i18n?
(additional to the grub.conf thing, which I think is an anaconda bug)

[scottro]

That would make sense. I only need to set $LANG on very rare occasions and will do it in a little script to a call a program. I would try the .bash_profile then, and see if it brings joy. (Joy in this case, defined as lack of aggravation caused by an incorrect $LANG setting).

[mamoulian]

Have you tried running 'system-config-language'? That did it for me. Should be more of a 'proper' solution than kludging your bashrc, and would apply to apps started from X too.

My concern is that the Fedora install with KDE doesn't automatically set this for the user, or give him a way to set it from within kde-settings.

[scottro]

No, I haven't, because, as I said, my need for it is very rare. (Not that it's a bad thing, of course, simply I haven't had the need).