Reset language in live-usb

[mistrynitesh]

I am using the Ubuntu 8.10 installed on live-usb. On boot-up, I selected a local language (Hindi) for trial. After that session, I restarted the system and selected the default (English) language. However, it still boots in the local language. Even after a couple of restarts and selecting English, it is still the same . Any ideas on how to reset the language to English? It also changes the language in Firefox, and tries to show a few word in Hindi (but does not translate or transliterate correctly, because of which it all looks gibberish).

[geirha]

Try logging out. At the login screen you should be able to change the language.

[mistrynitesh]

Tried your suggestion. But didn't work. Then I also tried "Select Session" and selected Gnome instead of "last session" and again selected the language from the list. But it still doesn't work

[mistrynitesh]

May I add that I am using it in persistence mode.

[geirha]

Hm. What does the file /etc/environment contain?

[mistrynitesh]

"/etc/environment" contains the following:

PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games"
RUNNING_UNDER_GDM="yes"
LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
RUNNING_UNDER_GDM="yes"
RUNNING_UNDER_GDM="yes"
RUNNING_UNDER_GDM="yes"
RUNNING_UNDER_GDM="yes"
RUNNING_UNDER_GDM="yes"
RUNNING_UNDER_GDM="yes"
RUNNING_UNDER_GDM="yes"
RUNNING_UNDER_GDM="yes"
RUNNING_UNDER_GDM="yes"
RUNNING_UNDER_GDM="yes"
RUNNING_UNDER_GDM="yes"
RUNNING_UNDER_GDM="yes"
RUNNING_UNDER_GDM="yes"
RUNNING_UNDER_GDM="yes"
http_proxy="http://xxx.xxx.xxxxxx/"
RUNNING_UNDER_GDM="yes"
RUNNING_UNDER_GDM="yes"
RUNNING_UNDER_GDM="yes"
RUNNING_UNDER_GDM="yes"
RUNNING_UNDER_GDM="yes"
LANG="gu_IN"
RUNNING_UNDER_GDM="yes"
LANG="hi_IN"
RUNNING_UNDER_GDM="yes"
RUNNING_UNDER_GDM="yes"
RUNNING_UNDER_GDM="yes"
RUNNING_UNDER_GDM="yes"
RUNNING_UNDER_GDM="yes"

Should I change the highlighted ones to "en_US.UTF-8" as listed on 3rd line?

[mistrynitesh]

changed the highlighted ones to "en_US.UTF-8" and restarted the computer, but still the same problem. I checked the file again, but it shows all the three lines as "en_US.UTF-8". So it doesn't have any impact!

[mistrynitesh]

I am still unable to find a solution

[mistrynitesh]

After a little more of googling on the subject, I found a page which said of changing the "debianinstaller/language" value in /cdrom/boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg file.
In my system I found the syslinux.cfg file directly under /cdrom. However, the file looks like this:

DEFAULT persistent
GFXBOOT bootlogo
GFXBOOT-BACKGROUND 0xB6875A
APPEND file=preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=initrd.gz ramdisk_size=1048576 root=/dev/ram rw quiet splash --
LABEL persistent
menu label ^Start Ubuntu in persistent mode
kernel vmlinuz
append file=preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper persistent initrd=initrd.gz ramdisk_size=1048576 root=/dev/ram rw quiet splash --
LABEL live
menu label ^Start or install Ubuntu
kernel vmlinuz
append file=preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=initrd.gz ramdisk_size=1048576 root=/dev/ram rw quiet splash --
LABEL xforcevesa
menu label Start Ubuntu in safe ^graphics mode
kernel vmlinuz
append file=preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper xforcevesa initrd=initrd.gz ramdisk_size=1048576 root=/dev/ram rw quiet splash --
LABEL check
menu label ^Check CD for defects
kernel vmlinuz
append boot=casper integrity-check initrd=initrd.gz ramdisk_size=1048576 root=/dev/ram rw quiet splash --
LABEL memtest
menu label ^Memory test
kernel mt86plus
append -
LABEL hd
menu label ^Boot from first hard disk
localboot 0x80
append -
DISPLAY isolinux.txt
TIMEOUT 300
PROMPT 1
F1 f1.txt
F2 f2.txt
F3 f3.txt
F4 f4.txt
F5 f5.txt
F6 f6.txt
F7 f7.txt
F8 f8.txt
F9 f9.txt
F0 f10.txt

There is no "debianinstaller/language" line in the file.
Can anyone guide me in right direction?