Problem with login.conf

[Markand]

Hi there

I'm running FreeBSD 7.1-STABLE on my computer, I tried to edit my login.conf to make french locales. This is what I did:


default:\
:passwd_format=md5:\
:copyright=/etc/COPYRIGHT:\
:welcome=/etc/motd:\
:setenv=MAIL=/var/mail/$,BLOCKSIZE=K,FTP_PASSIVE_MODE=YES:\
:path=/sbin /bin /usr/sbin /usr/bin /usr/games /usr/local/sbin /usr/local/bin ~/bin:\
:nologin=/var/run/nologin:\
:cputime=unlimited:\
:datasize=unlimited:\
:stacksize=unlimited:\
:memorylocked=unlimited:\
:memoryuse=unlimited:\
:filesize=unlimited:\
:coredumpsize=unlimited:\
:openfiles=unlimited:\
:maxproc=unlimited:\
:sbsize=unlimited:\
:vmemoryuse=unlimited:\
:priority=0:\
:ignoretime@:\
:umask=022:
:charset=iso-8859-15:\
:lang=fr_FR.ISO8859-15:
lang=fr_FR.ISO8859-15:\
lc_all=fr_FR.ISO8859-15:\
lc_collate=fr_FR.ISO8859-15:\
lc_cty pe=fr_FR.ISO8859-15:\
lc_messages=fr_FR.ISO8859-15:\
lc_monetary=fr_FR.ISO8859-15:\
lc_numeric=fr_FR.ISO8859-15:\
lc_time=fr_FR.ISO8859-15:\


I launched cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf but there is still "C" locales.. Is there a mistake?

[DutchDaemon]

I see some non-continued lines in there (missing the trailing \), like the umask and the lang=fr lines. Only the last line of that block doesn't need one.

[Markand]

Thanks it solved my problem, but in fact the login.conf is only for tty login isn't it ? Because if I start a session by a *DM program such as (GDM or KDM) the locales are not set.

[DutchDaemon]

Yes, login.conf is about logging into the system, not into X.

[Markand]

Is there a way to set globally locales so ?

[DutchDaemon]

I don't think so. X has its own localisation resource (non-BSD specific), and maybe different desktop and window managers have their own interpretations as well.

[Markand]

Can we use login.conf for *DM ?

[kamikaze]

XDM runs as a terminal session and thus obeys the login.conf settings. If you start your DM from /etc/ttys, it should work.

[DutchDaemon]

XDM is a login manager, so it is possible that it applies login.conf settings; however, the resulting X session doesn't inherit these locale settings, I think.

[SirDice]

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/l10n.html

[kamikaze]

XDM is a login manager, so it is possible that it applies login.conf settings; however, the resulting X session doesn't inherit these locale settings, I think.It does. Login.conf settings apply everywhere. Of course with such a broken login.conf it's no wonder things don't work.

The following lines are obsolete:
lang=fr_FR.ISO8859-15:\
lc_all=fr_FR.ISO8859-15:\
lc_collate=fr_FR.ISO8859-15:\
lc_cty pe=fr_FR.ISO8859-15:\
lc_messages=fr_FR.ISO8859-15:\
lc_monetary=fr_FR.ISO8859-15:\
lc_numeric=fr_FR.ISO8859-15:\
lc_time=fr_FR.ISO8859-15:\

And of course there's the trailing \ missing in the umask line as mentioned by DutchDaemon.

I use login.conf to set my locale and it works perfectly fine in X.

[Markand]

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/l10n.html

It's what I read, I will try with /etc/ttys thanks

[Brandybuck]

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