The attached photo should look familiar to anyone who has installed Ubuntu a few times. The dialog is not one I have seen before, but the display artefacts are.
(This particular error came up when I upgraded a system from Feisty to Gutsy. I don't think I'm prepared to file a bug report about that.) ** Attachment added: "Debconf console font problem" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/11217091/08012008.jpg ** Description changed: Binary package hint: console-data - I am aware of bug 60060 but as a partial workaround and general remedy, + I am aware of bug 60600 but as a partial workaround and general remedy, I would like to suggest that the default console font should be one which is capable of displaying whiptail dialogs correctly, or else the debconf whiptail dialogs changed to not try the somewhat capricious task of drawing borders with characters which are often not rendered correctly. -- Default console font unsuitable for debconf / whiptail https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/181334 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
