OK, uid is a part of the problem (as I do not use the lab's NIS, and as mount procedures make mappings, I will change my uid).
However, a part of the problem remains: why does the greeter falls back to the default language (English) instead of the system language (defined as French/France in /etc/default/locale)? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1276072 Title: Language selection always falls back to English To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/accountsservice/+bug/1276072/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs