unwanted chinese language got set for system settings

**jamesbon** · February 2nd, 2012

Hi,
yesterday I was discussing on ubuntu users list as how to type in libreoffice
in Hindi (Indic language) on the following thread
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ub...ry/256944.html
and a package installation problem
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ub...ry/256922.html
as suggested by some members I have been doing changing in system
settings.How ever today morning when I did a reboot
I am unable to see English as my default language.My system is showing
some Korean or Chinese language which I do not understand.
I had asked the question (that I just want to use libreoffice for a
particular document in Hindi) what happened is even gmail is opening
in chinese language.
The system settings folder etc is also opening in chinese I am unable
to use the system now.
Have uploaded the snapshots here please have a look upon a reboot
asked to rename all folders
https://picasaweb.google.com/1074040...05897276606450
gmail opening in chinese
https://picasaweb.google.com/1074040...06102859334402
this is how menu on my system looks half english and half chinese
https://picasaweb.google.com/1074040...07869479955202
if you notice in third snapshot the calendar and menu is appearing in chinese.

I want the original US english menus folder names back.I just wanted
to type a document with Lohit Hindi font in Libreoffice.
Ubuntu 11.10 (I do not use Unity only Gnome desktop. I had installed
gnome-session-fallback long time back and had been using the same).

How do I get back to all english submenus and english folder names.I have a US English Keyboard and I use only US English.Some how this thing which is now set is unwanted.

**bluexrider** · February 2nd, 2012

Alt+F2

Code:

gnome-language-selector

Choose your language and select apply system wide.

**jamesbon** · February 2nd, 2012

After your suggestion I openened the gnome-language-selector here are the snapshots.What I could not understand is what to do next here are the snapshots where I was stuck up
snap1
https://picasaweb.google.com/1074040...43014619612178

snap2
https://picasaweb.google.com/1074040...43092135311202

I feel I have done the steps you mentioned to apply system wide correctly but there was no change in subsequent reboots.
I noticed in my $HOME/.profile

Code:

export LANGUAGE="zh_CN:en"
export LC_MESSAGES="zh_CN.UTF-8"
export LC_CTYPE="zh_CN.UTF-8"
export LC_COLLATE="zh_CN.UTF-8"

which is wrong.

**jamesbon** · February 2nd, 2012

I noticed in files
/etc/environment
$HOME/.profile
following lines were present

export LANGUAGE="zh_CN:en"
export LC_MESSAGES="zh_CN.UTF-8"
export LC_CTYPE="zh_CN.UTF-8"
export LC_COLLATE="zh_CN.UTF-8"

and in /etc/default/locale only US English line was present as you can
see this snapshot
https://picasaweb.google.com/1074040...38714062026210

I went to those files and deleted these extra lines of Chinese
Language now I am able to resolve this problem and things are back on
track.
However specially want to mention that gnome-language-selector did not
helped at all.
Sharing this for future archives hope this solution will help some one
in future.