[Bug 477438] Re: gdm login fonts are unreadable, display rectangles not chars
[Expired for gdm (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.] ** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477438 Title: gdm login fonts are unreadable, display rectangles not chars To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm/+bug/477438/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 477438] Re: gdm login fonts are unreadable, display rectangles not chars
I wanted to add windows ttf fonts in /usr/share/fonts/msttcorefonts and then deleted the (what I thought) duplicate entries. Tried this reinstall GDM, all *pango* packages, ttf packages, removed vera*.ttf. I tried to change the theme this way (http://maketecheasier.com/change-login-and-boot-screen-in-ubuntu-lucid/2010/05/13): sudo cp /usr/share/applications/gnome-appearance-properties.desktop /usr/share/gdm/autostart/LoginWindow sudo unlink /usr/share/gdm/autostart/LoginWindow/gnome-appearance-properties.desktop but all fonts were visible as squares Everything else works, except the login window. This should not be so cumbersome. The System - administration - Login Screen tool is pathetically reduced compared to what I read about this tool in earlier Ubuntu (Gnome) versions. -- gdm login fonts are unreadable, display rectangles not chars https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477438 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 477438] Re: gdm login fonts are unreadable, display rectangles not chars
In addition to previous post (#19): I compressed and extracted all contents from whole /usr/share/fonts/msttcorefonts from a computer with a working login screen. This trick worked ONCE. After that I had the same frustrating login window with squares. I know how to login, because I did so many times before. In a multi-user system this would be a killer. I would not call the importance low, because similar issues with Pango/GDM exist for a long time already. NB, I run Ubuntu 10.04 LTS -- gdm login fonts are unreadable, display rectangles not chars https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477438 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 477438] Re: gdm login fonts are unreadable, display rectangles not chars
ii ttf-dejavu 2.30-2 Metapackage to pull in ttf-dejavu-core and t ii ttf-dejavu-core 2.30-2 Vera font family derivate with additional ch ii ttf-dejavu-extra2.30-2 Vera font family derivate with additional ch ii ttf-freefont20090104-5 Freefont Serif, Sans and Mono Truetype fonts ii ttf-indic-fonts-core1:0.5.4ubuntu2 Core collection of free Indian language font ii ttf-kacst 2.0+mry-2 KACST free TrueType Arabic fonts ii ttf-lao 0.0.20060226-6 TrueType font for Lao language ii ttf-liberation 1.05.2.20091019-4 Fonts with the same metrics as Times, Arial ii ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.2 Installer for Microsoft TrueType core fonts ii ttf-opensymbol 1:3.2.0-4ubuntu1 OpenSymbol TrueType font ii ttf-thai-tlwg 1:0.4.13-4 Thai fonts in TrueType format ii ttf-unfonts-core1.0.1-7ubuntu1 Un series Korean TrueType fonts ii ttf-vlgothic20100126-1 Japanese TrueType font from Vine Linux ii ttf-wqy-microhei I can't remember removing any fonts. I added ubuntu-restricted-extras which added mscorefonts, I believe. Fonts on the desktop are all fine. Is there a way to change the GDM font? Or is this a permission problem somewhere? I actually had this happen to me once before on the desktop. I added some fonts by hand and forgot to change permissions so they were readable by all. But I just checked in /usr/share/fonts and everything looks ok. -- gdm login fonts are unreadable, display rectangles not chars https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477438 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 477438] Re: gdm login fonts are unreadable, display rectangles not chars
not sure what is going on there seems rather a pango or font issue but I don't know enough about those to tell, maybe opening a bug on bugzilla.gnome.org would give you some reply from the pango hacker ** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Low -- gdm login fonts are unreadable, display rectangles not chars https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477438 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 477438] Re: gdm login fonts are unreadable, display rectangles not chars
I guess I will report a bug to bugzilla.gnome.org. Just tested installing XDM and KDM and they don't have the same issue, but I don't like the changes the make to my system so I won't be using that as a work around. I guess I'll just disable GDM from automatically starting in the meantime. Back to good ol' startx to get the desktop. -- gdm login fonts are unreadable, display rectangles not chars https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477438 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 477438] Re: gdm login fonts are unreadable, display rectangles not chars
I'm using Lucid Beta1 and I've tried all the above advice and I'm still getting rectangles [][][][][][][][] instead of letters. Here is th error message I'm getting: cat /var/log/gdm/\:0-greeter.log gdm-simple-greeter[19235]: Pango-WARNING: failed to choose a font, expect ugly output. engine-type='PangoRenderFc', script='latin' gdm-simple-greeter[19235]: Pango-WARNING: failed to choose a font, expect ugly output. engine-type='PangoRenderFc', script='common' gdm-simple-greeter[19235]: Gtk-WARNING: /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.19.7/gtk/gtkwidget.c:5636: widget not within a GtkWindow Is there anything else I can try? Is this a bug? Anyone picking this up? -- gdm login fonts are unreadable, display rectangles not chars https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477438 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 477438] Re: gdm login fonts are unreadable, display rectangles not chars
it seems pango has issues finding a suitable font, what ttf-* package are installed? did you remove or install some compared to the default installation? -- gdm login fonts are unreadable, display rectangles not chars https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477438 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 477438] Re: gdm login fonts are unreadable, display rectangles not chars
[SOLVED] Looking better to my log file, I noticed I got the error always related to Bitstream font. I removed Vera*.ttf file from my /usr/share/fonts/windows directory and I ran the commands suggested by Eduard sudo dpkg-reconfigure libcairo2 libpango1.0-common sudo fc-cache -fs sudo update-pangox-aliases Restart GDM and now it works!! (at least for me) -- gdm login fonts are unreadable, display rectangles not chars https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477438 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 477438] Re: gdm login fonts are unreadable, display rectangles not chars
[SOLVED] I do the same, remove unnecessary fonts ex.:mplayerfonts, etc ... , and run: sudo dpkg-reconfigure libcairo2 libpango1.0-common sudo fc-cache -fs sudo update-pangox-aliases And everything is working fine. Thanks. -- gdm login fonts are unreadable, display rectangles not chars https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477438 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 477438] Re: gdm login fonts are unreadable, display rectangles not chars
Hello there, I have upgraded yesterday my Ubuntu from 9.04 to 9.10 and I got the same problem. The gdm screen shows rectangles instead normal characters. I executed the commands suggested by Eduard but they didn't solve the problem. Any help is appreciated. Regards, Mario -- gdm login fonts are unreadable, display rectangles not chars https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477438 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
Re: [Bug 477438] Re: gdm login fonts are unreadable, display rectangles not chars
I assume you refer to trying these commands blindly: sudo dpkg-reconfigure libcairo2 libpango1.0-common sudo fc-cache -fs sudo update-pangox-aliases If you first do Ctrl-Alt-F1 you will get an asci console, which you can probably read. Try the commands from there, you should be prompted for a password. You may have missed this prompt during your 'blind' attempt. Success, Eduard Op dinsdag 15-12-2009 om 22:04 uur [tijdzone +], schreef antonius1: I have a similar problem at present there only boxes everywhere there should be text. Even the terminal window has the boxes. Let me know what I can provide in the way of info to get your help. I tried the last commands at the bottom of this post blindly (because of the boxes) and nothing happened. Can I use a livecd to fix this problem? If so how? I have seen the command prompt/terminal window since this problem occurred I don't know how to get back to it back, I think if I were to boot to the terminal from startup that might help. I just don't know how to do that. Any suggestions would be helpful. I'll be checkin' this post often. -- gdm login fonts are unreadable, display rectangles not chars https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477438 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 477438] Re: gdm login fonts are unreadable, display rectangles not chars
I have a similar problem at present there only boxes everywhere there should be text. Even the terminal window has the boxes. Let me know what I can provide in the way of info to get your help. I tried the last commands at the bottom of this post blindly (because of the boxes) and nothing happened. Can I use a livecd to fix this problem? If so how? I have seen the command prompt/terminal window since this problem occurred I don't know how to get back to it back, I think if I were to boot to the terminal from startup that might help. I just don't know how to do that. Any suggestions would be helpful. I'll be checkin' this post often. -- gdm login fonts are unreadable, display rectangles not chars https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477438 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 477438] Re: gdm login fonts are unreadable, display rectangles not chars
The following commands will probably solve your problem. sudo dpkg-reconfigure libcairo2 libpango1.0-common sudo fc-cache -fs sudo update-pangox-aliases bye, Eduard -- gdm login fonts are unreadable, display rectangles not chars https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477438 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 477438] Re: gdm login fonts are unreadable, display rectangles not chars
I see similar notifications, corrupt bitstream fonts?? reconfigure font- cache?? my logging: daemon.log.1:Nov 8 11:43:09 localhost gdm-simple-greeter[2503]: Pango-WARNING: failed to create cairo scaled font, expect ugly output. the offending font is 'Bitstream Vera Sans 9.9990234375' daemon.log.1:Nov 8 11:43:09 localhost gdm-simple-greeter[2503]: Pango-WARNING: font_font status is: unknown error status daemon.log.1:Nov 8 11:43:09 localhost gdm-simple-greeter[2503]: Pango-WARNING: scaled_font status is: out of memory daemon.log.1:Nov 8 11:43:09 localhost gdm-simple-greeter[2503]: Pango-WARNING: failed to create cairo scaled font, expect ugly output. the offending font is 'Bitstream Vera Sans 9.9990234375' daemon.log.1:Nov 8 11:43:09 localhost gdm-simple-greeter[2503]: Pango-WARNING: font_font status is: unknown error status daemon.log.1:Nov 8 11:43:09 localhost gdm-simple-greeter[2503]: Pango-WARNING: scaled_font status is: out of memory daemon.log.1:Nov 8 11:43:09 localhost gdm-simple-greeter[2503]: Pango-WARNING: shaping failure, expect ugly output. shape-engine='BasicEngineFc', font='Bitstream Vera Sans 9.9990234375', text='The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.' daemon.log.1:Nov 8 11:57:53 localhost gdm-simple-greeter[2503]: Pango-WARNING: failed to create cairo scaled font, expect ugly output. the offending font is 'Bitstream Vera Sans Oblique 8.33203125' daemon.log.1:Nov 8 11:57:53 localhost gdm-simple-greeter[2503]: Pango-WARNING: font_font status is: unknown error status daemon.log.1:Nov 8 11:57:53 localhost gdm-simple-greeter[2503]: Pango-WARNING: scaled_font status is: out of memory daemon.log.1:Nov 8 11:57:53 localhost gdm-simple-greeter[2503]: Pango-WARNING: shaping failure, expect ugly output. shape-engine='BasicEngineFc', font='Bitstream Vera Sans Oblique 8.33203125', text='English (United States)' popularity-contest:1257584350 1256929719 libpango-perl /usr/lib/perl5/Pango.pm popularity-contest.0:1257347311 1256929719 libpango-perl /usr/lib/perl5/Pango.pm syslog.1:Nov 8 12:12:52 localhost gdm-simple-greeter[2406]: Pango-WARNING: failed to create cairo scaled font, expect ugly output. the offending font is 'Bitstream Vera Sans 8.33203125' syslog.1:Nov 8 12:12:52 localhost gdm-simple-greeter[2406]: Pango-WARNING: font_font status is: unknown error status syslog.1:Nov 8 12:12:52 localhost gdm-simple-greeter[2406]: Pango-WARNING: scaled_font status is: out of memory syslog.1:Nov 8 12:12:52 localhost gdm-simple-greeter[2406]: Pango-WARNING: shaping failure, expect ugly output. shape-engine='BasicEngineFc', font='Bitstream Vera Sans 8.33203125', text='Engels (Verenigde Staten)' syslog.1:Nov 8 12:12:56 localhost gdm-simple-greeter[2406]: Pango-WARNING: failed to create cairo scaled font, expect ugly output. the offending font is 'Bitstream Vera Sans 9.9990234375' syslog.1:Nov 8 12:12:56 localhost gdm-simple-greeter[2406]: Pango-WARNING: font_font status is: unknown error status syslog.1:Nov 8 12:12:56 localhost gdm-simple-greeter[2406]: Pango-WARNING: scaled_font status is: out of memory syslog.1:Nov 8 12:12:56 localhost gdm-simple-greeter[2406]: Pango-WARNING: failed to create cairo scaled font, expect ugly output. the offending font is 'Bitstream Vera Sans 9.9990234375' syslog.1:Nov 8 12:12:56 localhost gdm-simple-greeter[2406]: Pango-WARNING: font_font status is: unknown error status syslog.1:Nov 8 12:12:56 localhost gdm-simple-greeter[2406]: Pango-WARNING: scaled_font status is: out of memory syslog.1:Nov 8 12:12:56 localhost gdm-simple-greeter[2406]: Pango-WARNING: shaping failure, expect ugly output. shape-engine='BasicEngineFc', font='Bitstream Vera Sans 9.9990234375', text='Pa's wijze lynx bezag vroom het fikse aquaduct.' syslog.1:Nov 8 12:13:01 localhost gdm-simple-greeter[2406]: Pango-WARNING: failed to create cairo scaled font, expect ugly output. the offending font is 'Bitstream Vera Sans Oblique 8.33203125' syslog.1:Nov 8 12:13:01 localhost gdm-simple-greeter[2406]: Pango-WARNING: font_font status is: success syslog.1:Nov 8 12:13:01 localhost gdm-simple-greeter[2406]: Pango-WARNING: scaled_font status is: out of memory syslog.1:Nov 8 12:13:01 localhost gdm-simple-greeter[2406]: Pango-WARNING: shaping failure, expect ugly output. shape-engine='BasicEngineFc', font='Bitstream Vera Sans Oblique 8.33203125', text='Nederlands (Nederland)' -- gdm login fonts are unreadable, display rectangles not chars https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477438 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 477438] Re: gdm login fonts are unreadable, display rectangles not chars
Reconfigure font cache, meaning 'fc-cache -rvf' , it's done without succcess -- gdm login fonts are unreadable, display rectangles not chars https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477438 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 477438] Re: gdm login fonts are unreadable, display rectangles not chars
As I see in the log, the Pango gui text rendering engine, can't find, or render fonts console log: Pango-WARNING **: shaping failure, expect ugly output. shape-engine='BasicEngineFc', font='Bitstream Vera Sans 9.9990234375', text='●' (gnome-appearance-properties:2959): Pango-WARNING **: failed to create cairo scaled font, expect ugly output. the offending font is 'Bitstream Vera Sans 3.19921875' (gnome-appearance-properties:2959): Pango-WARNING **: font_font status is: unknown error status (gnome-appearance-properties:2959): Pango-WARNING **: scaled_font status is: out of memory installed fonts: dpkg --get-selections | grep font : fontconfig install fontconfig-config install gsfonts install gsfonts-x11 install latex-xft-fonts install libfontconfig1 install libfontconfig1-dbg install libfontconfig1-dev install libfontenc1 install libxfont1 install mplayer-fonts install ttf-freefontinstall ttf-unifont install x-ttcidfont-confinstall xfonts-100dpi install xfonts-100dpi-transcodedinstall xfonts-75dpiinstall xfonts-75dpi-transcoded install xfonts-base install xfonts-biznet-100dpiinstall xfonts-biznet-75dpi install xfonts-biznet-base install xfonts-encodingsinstall xfonts-mathml install xfonts-scalable install xfonts-utilsinstall -- gdm login fonts are unreadable, display rectangles not chars https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477438 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 477438] Re: gdm login fonts are unreadable, display rectangles not chars
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35311171/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: XsessionErrors.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35311172/XsessionErrors.txt -- gdm login fonts are unreadable, display rectangles not chars https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477438 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 477438] Re: gdm login fonts are unreadable, display rectangles not chars
** Attachment added: gdm login settings with unreadable chars, as wrong as gmd login http://launchpadlibrarian.net/35313027/gdm_settings.png -- gdm login fonts are unreadable, display rectangles not chars https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477438 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 477438] Re: gdm login fonts are unreadable, display rectangles not chars
I try to change gdm login theme with this command: gksudo -u gdm dbus-launch gnome-appearance-properties and the setting windows fonts are as wrong as the gmd login -- gdm login fonts are unreadable, display rectangles not chars https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477438 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 477438] Re: gdm login fonts are unreadable, display rectangles not chars
please consider this a very serious bug, also fonts for some (all?) account desktops are squares. luckily my main account still works. -- gdm login fonts are unreadable, display rectangles not chars https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477438 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gdm in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
