[Bug 37138] Re: Location ignored
This bug is still in Lucid 10.04. localechooser does not consider a situation that a user is a foreigner lives in the country he selected. it will change all LC_* variable by the country, not user prefers. -- Location ignored https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/37138 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 37138] Re: Location ignored
** Description changed:
Ubuntu installer asks for location ("United States", "Finland"...), but
the answer seems to be ignored.
To reproduce
- 1) Boot from 5.10 Breezy Install CD (Update: also broken in Hardy Beta)
+ 1) Boot from 5.10 Breezy Install CD (Update: also broken in Hardy 8.04.1 and
Intrepid 8.10)
2) Language: English
3) Location: Other: Finland
What should happen: Keyboard dialog should have keyboard "Finnish"
preselected, because that is the only keyboard used in Finland. Paper
size should be A4 (US letter is only used in four countries in the
world). Metric system should be used. Time should be presented in
Finnish locale.
What actually happens: answer to location question seems to be ignored.
Keyboard question offers US keyboard as default. Paper size is US
letter. Feet and inches are used in programs instead of the metric (SI)
system.
I assume that large part of computer literate users choose English as
language. Many of us would still like to use the metric system or A4
paper size.
Suggestions: Use location to set correct locales. Put all locations on a
single list instead of listing half of the world under "other".
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[Bug 37138] Re: Location ignored
This bug is still present in 8.04.1 and 8.10, which is depressing. In both cases I installed through the alternate installer. Right in the boot prompt I chose English language and Brazilian keymap. Later, when asked, I told I live in Brazil. But the locale was all set to en_US.UTF-8. I had to manually edit /etc/environment and /etc/default/locale. They now contain: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/environment PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games" LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8 LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8" LANGUAGE="en_US:en" [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/default/locale LANG="pt_BR.UTF-8" LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8" LANGUAGE="en_US:en" Why doesn't do installer do something like this automatically? -- Location ignored https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/37138 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 37138] Re: Location ignored
I'm curious if the country location could be used to facilitate automatic selection of certain packages which are considered non- appropriate for certain countries. For instance, if either US or JP is selected, then libdvdcss2 is not installed, otherwise it is automatically installed, saving most of the world from the hassle of seeking this package for post-installation. -- Location ignored https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/37138 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 37138] Re: Location ignored
Olli, I think that the best way to add the locale is to suggest it in the Debian forums, http://forums.debian.net/viewforum.php?f=19 That way it will end up in the next Ubuntu release (if you get it through the developers ;-). -- Location ignored https://launchpad.net/bugs/37138 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
