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Re: Different language per user in MATE and change default lang of greeter

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On 1/4/2018 10:50 AM, Alex ARNAUD wrote:
> Hello John,
> 
> I've configured a multilingual system based on Debian Jessie last month.
> 
> The steps I've followed are:
> 1) Install the language pack of your targeted languages like 
> "task-english", don't miss to install the language pack for Firefox, 
> Thunderbird and LibreOffice if needed.
> 
> 2) Enable the locales of your users and move the default locale to 
> "None" with :
> sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales
> 
> 3) Log in with one account
> 
> 4) Edit the file "~/.dmrc", replace the locale with the locale you want.
> 
> 5) Do the strep "4" for all the users
> 
> You have to reboot your computer after applying the configuration to 
> avoid cache. IMO, you should login into all your users to ensure that it 
> works or test the procedure on a VM first.
> 
> Could you let me know if it works correctly for you and what issues do 
> you have to be sure that my Jessie procedure continues to work on Stretch ?
> 

Hi Alex and sorry for my late answer :)

Your procedure doesn't seem to work anymore on Debian Stretch.

-- 
John Doe

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Different language per user in MATE and change default lang of  greeter john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2018-01-03 10:00 +0100
  Re: Different language per user in MATE and change default lang of  greeter Alex ARNAUD <alexarnaud@hypra.fr> - 2018-01-04 10:50 +0100
    Re: Different language per user in MATE and change default lang of  greeter john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2018-01-07 19:00 +0100
      Re: Different language per user in MATE and change default lang of  greeter john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2018-01-07 20:00 +0100

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