X environment

[Tor Olav Stava]

Jan wrote:

>Hello!
>
>I'm using Gentoo with Xfce as desktop (with GDM for login). 
>In file /etc/profile.env I have line:
>export LANG='en_US.UTF-8'
>
>However for certain user I want LC_COLLATE to be
>LC_COLLATE='ja_JP.UTF-8', therefore I set it in 
>~user/.bashrc
>
>The problem is that in xterm I get it set properly however when running
>(for example evolution mail client) from xfce menu
>LC_COLLATE='ja_JP.UTF-8' is apparently ignored. (Addresses in evolution
>are not sorted properly).
>
>Why is my bash environment and X environmet different ?
>  
>
This is really more appropriate in an Xorg/Xfree discussion.

The locale can be setup in xorg.conf. If you need different locale/kbd 
for different users, you probably have to set up some kbd switching 
(also in xorg.conf). I'm not sure about the details, but I know it's 
possible (google might help you)

Another thing, is that GDM (or XDM/KDM) won't source the profile/bashrc 
files. I never found where to put global environment variables when 
using the XDM (in my case). Symptom: When starting a shell all 
environment variables are set properly (in the shell), but Xfce don't 
know about them.

For further investigation, I would suggest you sign up for and X* 
mailing list, and ask about the xorg.conf details, and I guess a 
gnome-ML would be appropriate for GDM.


Tor Olav