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laichiaheng

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Registered: 2017-02-12

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[resolved] Firefox loses its language setting after every updates.

Every time I updates Firefox to a newer version, the language becomes to English, I have to download my language in Firefox again.
The "firefox-i18n-zh-tw" package never works.

Last edited by laichiaheng (2023-04-15 02:15:28)

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 60,394

Re: [resolved] Firefox loses its language setting after every updates.

I have to download my language in Firefox again.

Problem #1

The "firefox-i18n-zh-tw" package never works.

Please don't paraphrase, https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57855

locale
locale -a
localectl

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Firefox#Installing - blue note.

The specific FF version is gonna matter, because if this is soem flatschpak, the repo locale package will obviously not work.

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laichiaheng

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Re: [resolved] Firefox loses its language setting after every updates.

[laichiaheng@Julian-PC ~]$ locale
LANG=zh_TW.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="zh_TW.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="zh_TW.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="zh_TW.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="zh_TW.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="zh_TW.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="zh_TW.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="zh_TW.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="zh_TW.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="zh_TW.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="zh_TW.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="zh_TW.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="zh_TW.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

[laichiaheng@Julian-PC ~]$ locale -a
C
C.UTF-8
en_US.utf8
POSIX
zh_TW.utf8

[laichiaheng@Julian-PC ~]$ localectl
System Locale: LANG=zh_TW.UTF-8
    VC Keymap: us
   X11 Layout: us
    X11 Model: pc105+inet
  X11 Options: terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp
[laichiaheng@Julian-PC ~]$ 

Last edited by laichiaheng (2023-04-12 07:48:10)

Lone_Wolf

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Re: [resolved] Firefox loses its language setting after every updates.

What is the content of /etc/locale.conf ?

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seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: [resolved] Firefox loses its language setting after every updates.

I have to download my language in Firefox again.

Problem #1

The "firefox-i18n-zh-tw" package never works.

Please don't paraphrase, https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57855

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Firefox#Installing - blue note.
The specific FF version is gonna matter, because if this is soem flatschpak, the repo locale package will obviously not work.

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icar

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Registered: 2020-07-31

Posts: 518

Re: [resolved] Firefox loses its language setting after every updates.

about:addons → Languages → Cog icon → Search updates.

I install languages to Firefox this way. When I update FF and it's shown in English, I do the above and the languages update, which makes them work again.

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: [resolved] Firefox loses its language setting after every updates.

I have to download my language in Firefox again

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laichiaheng

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Registered: 2017-02-12

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Re: [resolved] Firefox loses its language setting after every updates.

What is the content of /etc/locale.conf ?

[laichiaheng@Julian-PC ~]$ cat /etc/locale.conf
LANG=zh_TW.UTF-8

Last edited by laichiaheng (2023-04-13 12:00:00)

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 60,394

Re: [resolved] Firefox loses its language setting after every updates.

The "firefox-i18n-zh-tw" package never works.

Please don't paraphrase, https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57855

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Firefox#Installing - blue note.

The specific FF version is gonna matter, because if this is soem flatschpak, the repo locale package will obviously not work.

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laichiaheng

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Registered: 2017-02-12

Posts: 234

Re: [resolved] Firefox loses its language setting after every updates.

The "firefox-i18n-zh-tw" package never works.

Please don't paraphrase, https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57855

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Firefox#Installing - blue note.

The specific FF version is gonna matter, because if this is soem flatschpak, the repo locale package will obviously not work.

I'm using the regular version from Arch repo.

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 60,394

Re: [resolved] Firefox loses its language setting after every updates.

And what does "intl.locale.requested" in "about:config" say?

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laichiaheng

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Registered: 2017-02-12

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Re: [resolved] Firefox loses its language setting after every updates.

And what does "intl.locale.requested" in "about:config" say?

It isn't in the list, shouldn't this only be for dev or special version of Firefox?

seth

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Posts: 60,394

Re: [resolved] Firefox loses its language setting after every updates.

Idk whether it it should be anywhere, but it will at least not be the cause if it's absent.

So we're still at

The "firefox-i18n-zh-tw" package never works.

Please don't paraphrase, https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57855

Installing the language package through FF will require you to do so w/ every update

Problem #1

How and why does firefox-i18n-zh-tw "not work"?
What happens if you install it and start FF w/ a new profile, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Firefox#Profiles ?

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laichiaheng

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Registered: 2017-02-12

Posts: 234

Re: [resolved] Firefox loses its language setting after every updates.

Idk whether it it should be anywhere, but it will at least not be the cause if it's absent.

So we're still at

The "firefox-i18n-zh-tw" package never works.

Please don't paraphrase, https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57855

Installing the language package through FF will require you to do so w/ every update

Problem #1

How and why does firefox-i18n-zh-tw "not work"?
What happens if you install it and start FF w/ a new profile, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Firefox#Profiles ?

New profile works.
It is fixed after I refresh Firefox in about:support.

Last edited by laichiaheng (2023-04-14 16:00:52)

seth

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Re: [resolved] Firefox loses its language setting after every updates.

Please always remember to mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
Thanks.

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