*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 63408 ***
It looks as though the problem is that the upgrade
from dapper failed to change the font paths in xorg.conf
from /usr/share/X11/fonts to /usr/share/fonts/X11.
Marking this duplicate of bug 63408
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 63408
I can confirm the bug.
To reproduce just call:
display /usr/share/backgrounds/Ubuntu-Simple_Human_1600x1200.png
Or if you have graphicsmagick instead of imagemagck installed:
gm display /usr/share/backgrounds/Ubuntu-Simple_Human_1600x1200.png
Using "-font fixed" is really an ugly workaround.
** Description changed:
+ [solution found] The below happens only when updating from previous
+ Ubuntu versions keeping your xorg.conf unchanged. After updating to
+ Edgy, my xorg.conf's "Files" section carried FontPath's to
+ /usr/share/X11/fonts/... whereas on Edgy fonts are in /usr/share/fonts