On Vi, 18 nov 11, 13:11:35, shiyao ma wrote: > I am now using Debian/Sid with display manager lightdm and desktop manager > xfce4. > I used to edit /etc/environment and add export LC_CTYPE=zh_CN.UTF-8. > Now It doesn't work. > When I have logged into XFCE4, the output of locale -a is > LC_CTYE=en_US.UTF-8 > Later, I edited /etc/default/locale, adding one line: export > LC_CTYPE=zh_CN.UTF-8. However, the locale is still LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8. > I also did that in /etc/profile, and failed either. > > I am now curious about the way the system source *.sh in the boot up > session. > My question is :What's the proper way of setting LC_CTYPE? > (Plus, if I add export LC_ALL=zh_CN.UTF-8 in /etc/default/locale, it will > work, but this is not what I want. Further more, I think the file > /etc/default/locale shouldn't be edited, as it is generated by the software > and maybe overwritten.) For X you have to export variables in ~/.xsessionrc since not all Display Managers source ~/.profile Hope this helps, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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