Description of problem: Launching thunar from a crafted desktop entry with gksu displays thunar always in English, despite the fact that the system has been installed in Dutch Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. A freshly installed Xfce PC with Dutch as language. 2. Make a new starter on the desktop and specify "gksu dolphin" as its command (I give "SuperUser" as its name. 3. Open the normal Thunar on the desktop "Persoonlijke map" (normal user). Thunar opens in Dutch. 4. Start the new desktop "SuperUser", a dialogue opens to fill in the authentication, and then Thunar opens in English. Reproducible: Steps to Reproduce:
CC: (none) => mageia, tarakbumba
Assigning to XFCE maintainer.
Assignee: bugsquad => jani.valimaaWhiteboard: (none) => MGA5TOO
I'd say this is not a bug in thunar, but a feature when using gksu (as same happens with other apps too). Thunar supports polkit nowadays [1] so if you want to run thunar as root, you should use 'pkexec thunar' instead. [1] http://git.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/commit/?id=8eeed6ba6ed0b1efa2b2b05c0b108da816763069
(In reply to Jani Välimaa from comment #2) > I'd say this is not a bug in thunar, but a feature when using gksu (as same > happens with other apps too). > Shouldn't gksu use the current user's locale and language?
Assignee: jani.valimaa => bugsquad
To Comment 2: there must be some more setting involved, as I get at the CLI: > pkexec thunar that opens the dialogue for the root password, I put it in, but then: Thunar : cannot open display
Did you try 'pkexec thunar' as root or as a normal user?
CC: (none) => jani.valimaa
(In reply to Jani Välimaa from comment #5) > Did you try 'pkexec thunar' as root or as a normal user? Nevermind, running pkexec as root doesn't ask for the pwd.
As a normal user. That's the point of the exercise: creating a launcher so I can launch thunar as root from my normal desktop. Usefull in many cases as I am not such a great fan of the CLI (I know many commands, but a GUI is sooooo much easier).
Summary: Xfce-thunar does not always respect installed language => gksu-polkit opens apps using wrong (english) locale
If there are still some problems with 'pkexec thunar', please open separate bug report.
Could someone try to reproduce the original issue in comment 0 with an another DE than Xfce?
(In reply to Jani Välimaa from comment #9) > Could someone try to reproduce the original issue in comment 0 with an > another DE than Xfce? And with some other apps.
Two tests: 1. Installed gksu on KDE laptop (also running in Dutch), made similar starter with "gksu dolphin", and dolphin opens in English after entering the root password. I had already a starter with "kdesu dolphin" and tried this again: opens in Dutch. 2. On the laptop where I found the problem reported (Xfce in Dutch), I opened Ark via the menu: opens in Dutch. Created starter with "gksu ark": opens in English after the root password.
Source RPM: (none) => gksu-polkit-0.0.3-0.git20131130.11CC: jani.valimaa => (none)
Assigning to all packagers collectively, since the registered maintainer for this is currently unavailable. @ Herman Is this issue still valid, though? If so, for which Mageia version(s)?
Assignee: bugsquad => pkg-bugsKeywords: (none) => NEEDINFOCC: (none) => marja11
I reported on Mageia5 Xfce, and I get the same on the first Mageia5.1 ISO with MATE using "gksu caja". I don't have an M6 installation anymore to test.
The same still happens with Mageia 6 sta1 Xfce incl. all updates and german (de_AT) as system-language. If Thunar or any other programs - for example xed or geany are invoked with gksu-privileges, than they are always using english instead of german. Reproducible: Always, just start the application with gksu thunar/geany/whatever
CC: (none) => zorin777a
Does this still happen in Mageia 8 or later?
M8: yes.
Whiteboard: MGA5TOO => (none)Keywords: NEEDINFO => (none)Source RPM: gksu-polkit-0.0.3-0.git20131130.11 => gksu-polkit-0.0.3-0.git20131130.15.mga8.src.rpm