Bug#254452: Languages switches to english after rebooting during base-config
Quoting "Thorsten Schäfer" (thschaefer@gmx.de):
> - When I select German and complete the base-config and start it again
> afterwards (it makes no difference if I reboot after completing the config
> or don't reboot) the base-config is in German again.
> - However if I reboot during the initial run of base-config (for example
> after setting the root password) the base-config will run in English.
>
> I know, rebooting during the initial base-config should is not a standard
> task but for troubleshooting sometimes necessary (example: bug #248627,
> entry from pelle on 3 Jun 2004 22:19:57) for example when network problems
> occur.
You mean that you reboot during base-config. Then the machine boots
normally, you login as root and then run base-config manually, right?
If so, this means you run base-config with root's environment...which
does NOT have the LANG variable set. This is completely intentional as
localising root's environment by default may have serious drawbacks
(for instance with non Latin languages).
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