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 +0000], 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.
>

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