--- kdebase-3.5.7/kdm/kfrontend/kdm_greet.c.fixlang	2007-10-02 16:56:25.000000000 -0300
+++ kdebase-3.5.7/kdm/kfrontend/kdm_greet.c	2007-10-02 15:07:58.000000000 -0300
@@ -779,7 +779,10 @@ main( int argc ATTR_UNUSED, char **argv 
 		LogPanic( "Cannot save $HOME\n" );
 	atexit( cleanup );
 
-	setenv( "LC_ALL", _language, 1 );
+    if (  getenv( "LANG" ) == NULL )
+	    setenv( "LC_ALL", _language, 1 );
+    else
+        setenv( "LC_ALL", getenv( "LANG" ), 1 );
 
 	kg_main( argv[0] );
 
--- kdebase-3.5.7/kdm/backend/session.c.fixlang	2007-10-02 16:56:58.000000000 -0300
+++ kdebase-3.5.7/kdm/backend/session.c	2007-10-02 16:18:21.000000000 -0300
@@ -802,6 +802,9 @@ systemEnv( const char *user )
 	env = baseEnv( user );
 	if (td->authFile)
 		env = setEnv( env, "XAUTHORITY", td->authFile );
+	char *lang = getenv("LANG");
+    if (lang != NULL)
+	    env = setEnv( env, "LANG", lang );	
 	env = setEnv( env, "PATH", td->systemPath );
 	env = setEnv( env, "SHELL", td->systemShell );
 	return env;