Hi, > hydra:~# locale | grep LANG > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I see your settings differ from mine: $ locale | grep LANG LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 $ env | grep -e LC -e LANG LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=de_CH:de_DE:de:en_GB:en It seems like adduser soemtimes uses LANGUAGE and sometimes LANG to determine the language. # LANG=de_CH.UTF-8 adduser test Lege Benutzer test an... Adding new group `test' (1010). Adding new user `test' (1010) with group `test'. Homeverzeichnis /home/test existiert bereits. Kopiere keine Dateien aus /etc/skel Enter new UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: passwd: Kennwort erfolgreich geändert Ändere Benutzerinformationen für test Geben Sie einen neuen Wert an oder ENTER für den Standardwert Name []: abc Raum []: Telefon geschäftlich []: Telefon privat []: Sonstiges []: Sind die Informationen korrekt? [j/N] j For how I ended up with my combination of LANUAGE and LANG I can only guess: In /var/cache/debconf/config.dat I see Name: debian-installer/language Template: debian-installer/language Value: de_CH:de_DE:de:en_GB:en Owners: d-i, unknown Thus the LANGUAGE setting came probably from when I first installed debian. The LANG in /etc/environment - I just verified by doing a dpkg-reconfigure locales - gets set when locales is configured. So I must have at some time decided to have en_GB as default locale and done it through a dpkg-reconfigure locales, without remembering that there is more to change. Is this a stupid user (that would be me) problem? Is it a debian-installer problem as it sets an environment variable which is is only partially supported? Is it a locales problem, as it does not care about LANGUAGE? Is it an adduser problem as it uses different methods to figure out the language to use? Please advise me, if I should open bug reports against debian-installer or locales. If you think it is the "stupid user" problem, please tell me which section of which guide/how-to/man-page I missed to read. I never mind being called stupid if one helps me learn and improve! claudio -- Claudio Nieder, Kanalweg 1, CH-8610 Uster, Tel +41 79 357 6743 yahoo messenger: claudionieder aim: claudionieder icq:42315212 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.claudio.ch
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