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Message #120158
[Bug 688024] Re: fonts startup screen shows squares when doing maintenance check
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 631088 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/631088
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: gnome-session (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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Title:
fonts startup screen shows squares when doing maintenance check
Status in gnome-session package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
Binary package hint: gnome-session
Ubuntu Lucid 10.04 LTS, upgraded from Hardy
gnome-session: 2.30.0-0ubuntu1
libpango1.0-0: 1.28.0-0ubuntu2.1
libcairo2: 1.8.10-2ubuntu1
Every now and then I suppose that the system does a maintenance
checkup at (re)boot. Unfortunately I cannot see what is going on,
because I only see squares. Esc does not help, ctrl-alt-backspace does
not help either. There is no way I know how to skip this. The system
is used for work and waiting costs precious time.
I already reinstalled all Pango packages, but it does not help.
Xorg.log says (clock is the same for all messages):
gnome-session[1340]: Pango-WARNING: failed to create cairo scaled font, expect ugly output. the offending font is 'DejaVu Sans 9.9990234375'
gnome-session[1340]: Pango-WARNING: font_face status is: <unknown error status>
gnome-session[1340]: Pango-WARNING: scaled_font status is: out of memory
gnome-session[1340]: Pango-WARNING: shaping failure, expect ugly output. shape-engine='BasicEngineFc', font='DejaVu Sans 9.9990234375', text='Lock Screen'
gnome-session[1340]: Pango-WARNING: failed to create cairo scaled font, expect ugly output. the offending font is 'DejaVu Sans 8.33203125'
gnome-session[1340]: Pango-WARNING: font_face status is: <unknown error status>
gnome-session[1340]: Pango-WARNING: scaled_font status is: out of memory
gnome-session[1340]: Pango-WARNING: shaping failure, expect ugly output. shape-engine='BasicEngineFc', font='DejaVu Sans 8.33203125', text='Not responding'
gnome-session[1340]: Pango-WARNING: failed to create cairo scaled font, expect ugly output. the offending font is 'DejaVu Sans 9.9990234375'
gnome-session[1340]: Pango-WARNING: font_face status is: <unknown error status>
gnome-session[1340]: Pango-WARNING: scaled_font status is: out of memory
For the rest I do not have font problems on that system.
There is a font error. It seems to mention two different DejaVu Sans versions, but the version on the system is a link in /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts to a font in the windows directory, which is mounted in fstab. Shouldn't gnome-session or pango fall back to another font? These messages should be readable.
Edit: not upgraded from Dapper, but from Hardy
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