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Preface

1.  Introduction

2.  Unicode and UTF-8 Locale Support

3.  Working with Languages and Locales

Locale Selection in GNOME Display Manager

How to Select a Locale in GNOME Desktop Manager

How to Start a Session in a Different Language

Setting the Locale in a Terminal Session

Composite Locales

Installing Additional Locales

Locale Facets

What Is a Facet?

Structure of Locale Facets

How to Add Language Support in Package Manager

Adding Language Support From the Command Line

Setting the System's Default Locale

Legacy Locales

Locale Aliasing

Locale Selection in the Installer

Locale Selection in the Automated Installer

Selecting Locales to Be Installed

Non UTF-8 Locales

Setting the Default System Locale, Keymap and Timezone

4.  Desktop Keyboard Preferences and Input Methods

5.  Configuring Fonts

6.  Advanced Topics

A.  Available Locales

Index

Locale Selection in GNOME Display Manager

Oracle Solaris 11 provides locale selection in GNOME Display Manager (GDM).

How to Select a Locale in GNOME Desktop Manager

  1. Type the username and click on the Log In button or press the Enter key in GDM.
  2. Click the Log In button or press Return.

    The Locale Selection panel becomes visible. This panel is placed at the bottom of the GDM window as shown in the following figure.


    image:Locale Selection in Gnome Display Manager

    If no locale preference is set during the installation process, the default locale value is set to the C locale (also known as the POSIX locale).

  3. To view a list of all available locales, choose Other. A window containing a list of all locales installed on the system appears as shown in the following figure.
    image:Language Selection
  4. Select the desired locale and click OK.

How to Start a Session in a Different Language

  1. Type your user name and click the Log In button.
  2. Select a Language from the locale selection menu on the login screen.
  3. Type your password.
  4. Click the Log In button.
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