Re: Where do I set language to use (localization)?

[Martin Hawlisch <hawlisch roxi rz fh-mannheim de>]

On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Mario Vukelic wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> I have gnome compiled myself on a SuSE 6.0. Today Iīve updated the
> dist,  (6.0 to 6.1) and as usual it has done a lot of stuff to my system
> (didnīt always do everything like SuSE would have wanted me to).
> Strangely, suddenly my gnome is in German, although it has always been
> in English. SuSE didnīt do anything to my gnome installation, as rpm
> doesnīt even know about it.
> 
> Now I canīt find an option to change back to English (should be in
> control panel, really ). The gnome-faq does talk about localization, but
> doesnīt mention where to change it. Please help, I donīt want my PC talk
> German to me.
> 
> Thanks a lot

You want to edit /etc/profile. I think they put something like
LC_CTYPE=de_DE
export LC_CTYPE
in there. Remove it.

They also have a setting in yast which puts something corresponding into
/etc/rc.config
LANGUAGE=german
I think.

Cheers, Martin.

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