I have subscribed to ubuntu forums and they solved my Open Office problem by suggesting subpixel smoothing. I'm amazed that such a small change worked. System->Preferences->Appearance->Fonts
However, they did not solve my Kile etc problems where the top menus show clearly but the submenus are blank. Any thoughts? Jack On Feb 12, 9:56 pm, JTF <[email protected]> wrote: > You may have more luck (because of more people) over > athttp://ubuntuforums.org/ > > Questions are usually addressed in a few minutes and resolved (in my > experience) rather quickly > > On Feb 12, 6:48 pm, jack <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Feb 11, 10:26 pm, JTF <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I have always had luck in fixing Open Office by doing a complete > > > removal then a reinstall. It would be nice to know what broke, but it > > > is almost a guaranteed fix by uninstall/reinstall. > > > > Make sure you get the application from the repositories so any > > > dependencies are taken care of... > > > > SYSTEM>ADMINISTRATION>SYNAPTIC PACKAGE MANAGER > > > > BTW: Uninstall/reinstall fixes itself in Windows as well as Linux. > > > > On Feb 11, 10:07 pm, jack <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I am new to Ubuntu and have just installed 8.10. I have installed the > > > > Kubuntu desktop as well. > > > > > When I load Open Office word processing, all the menu items (File, > > > > Insert, Edit, Tools etc) are missing as are the contents of the pull > > > > down menus. > > > > > This problem also occurs in Kile (a LaTeX editor), K3b, Amarok and > > > > Muse where the top menu items are OK but the pull down menus are > > > > blank. > > > > > I believe I must be missing a library item somewhere (A piece of Qt > > > > perhaps?) but I don't know how to check this. I would hate to > > > > reinstall the whole system. > > > > > Another clue? I loaded the Xubuntu desktop and the menus all show up > > > > correctly in this mode! > > > > > Any suggestions would be much appreciated. > > > > > Best, > > > > Jack > > > Thanks for the suggestion of re-installing Open Office. I tried this > > today but the problem persists. The fact that other packages are > > affected suggests the problem is 'higher up' than a single > > application. If I don't figure it out in the next few days I guess > > I'll have to regenerate the entire Ubuntu. > > > Jack --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ubuntu Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ubuntulinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
