If nobody figures out what makes the variables in ~/.pam_environment be overridden by the variables in /etc/default/locale, I'm thinking of an ugly hack which may work.
~/.pam_environment is maintained by /usr/share/language-tools/save-to- pam-env. In case of a GNOME desktop we could make that file write to ~/.profile as well. ** Also affects: accountsservice (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to accountsservice in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1662031 Title: Switching language and format broken Status in Ubuntu GNOME: New Status in accountsservice package in Ubuntu: New Status in gdm3 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: New Status in accountsservice source package in Artful: New Status in gdm3 source package in Artful: Confirmed Status in gnome-control-center source package in Artful: New Bug description: In Ubuntu GNOME 16.10 it doesn't matter what display language I select - the effective language is still the one stated in /etc/default/locale. ~/.pam_environment is changed as expected, but the variables set in /etc/default/locale override ~/.pam_environment. In Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 language switching takes effect, but the reason for that seems to be that /etc/default/locale is changed as well, so when a user changes the display language (or format), it changes it for all users on the system. The overriding by /etc/default/locale is probably caused by some other package(s) but g-c-c. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/+bug/1662031/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp