diff -Naur gdm-42.0/data/Xsession.in gdm-42.0-patched/data/Xsession.in --- gdm-42.0/data/Xsession.in 2022-03-21 13:12:40.487113700 -0500 +++ gdm-42.0-patched/data/Xsession.in 2022-08-09 21:19:33.559221580 -0500 @@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ fi test -f "$HOME/.xprofile" && . "$HOME/.xprofile" +# Get the AccountsService value for LANG over the system dbus. This is the user setting in GNOME: +gnome_lang_usr="$(busctl get-property org.freedesktop.Accounts /org/freedesktop/Accounts/User$(id -u) org.freedesktop.Accounts.User Language | cut -d\" -f2)" +[ "$DESKTOP_SESSION" = "gnome-xorg" ] && [ -n "$gnome_lang_usr" ] && export LANG=$gnome_lang_usr + # Translation stuff if [ -x "@libexecdir@/gdmtranslate" ] ; then gdmtranslate="@libexecdir@/gdmtranslate"