sddm default stuck to lang.sh ?

Hi,

I'm not sure since when (not long) but I realised SDDM was showing the date and time in the wrong format, and I was checking all my language and locale configuration, and it was fine, but still when I logged in to Plasma, every single time I had LANG=en_US

I finally found that the default options for SDDM were linked to lang.sh

root@liet:~# cat /etc/default/sddm
. /etc/profile.d/lang.sh

Why? Since when? I mean, I have my own settings system-wide that I have not changed in ages, so I guess this has to be something new, linking the configuration to an external and independent file?

Thanks

Originally Posted by elMoco Hi, I'm not sure since when (not long) but I realised SDDM was showing the date and time in the wrong format, and I was checking all my language and locale configuration, and it was fine, but still when I logged in to Plasma, every single time I had LANG=en_US I finally found that the default options for SDDM were linked to lang.sh root@liet:~# cat /etc/default/sddm . /etc/profile.d/lang.sh Why? Since when? I mean, I have my own settings system-wide that I have not changed in ages, so I guess this has to be something new, linking the configuration to an external and independent file? Thanks

$ locale | grep LC_TIME

you must change this (LC_TIME) according to your needs

Originally Posted by marav $ locale | grep LC_TIME you must change this (LC_TIME) according to your needs

I have it according to my needs, but not configured in /etc/profile.d/lang.sh. The problem comes because at some point, /etc/dafault/sddm pointed to /etc/profile.d/lang.sh and hence overrides my own configuration.

Of course, now I have modified /etc/dafault/sddm to remove the lang.sh reference, and everything works fine.

A bit more information, although I agree that linking lang.sh looks like it's not the best plan.

Do you use another shell other than bash?
You say you configured "settings system-wide", where did you configure that? Within Plasma?

Mostly just curious. My guess is that removing that setting as you did might be something we need to do here.

Originally Posted by volkerdi A bit more information, although I agree that linking lang.sh looks like it's not the best plan. Do you use another shell other than bash? You say you configured "settings system-wide", where did you configure that? Within Plasma? Mostly just curious. My guess is that removing that setting as you did might be something we need to do here.

Hi,

I have my own file where I configured all my environment variables and alias sitting in /etc/profile.d, and making sure (with many 'z') it's the last one to be executed.

I used to adapt the different, standard, files in /etc/profile.d to my global needs (user-wide needs, in each user profile), but since I moved to the -current release, and because those files are updated every then and now, I decided to use one personal specific file, for which I have better control.