I was able to correct this by choosing the desired language from the "taskbar" at the bottom of the GDM login window once I'd selected my username.
Is it a GDM bug that it is not respecting the existing system wide default to start with? ** Package changed: langpack-locales (Ubuntu) => gdm (Ubuntu) -- locale is very wrong https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/506396 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs