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0003376Kali LinuxGeneral Bugpublic2016-06-23 23:242016-06-24 08:58
Reporterdglewis Assigned Torhertzog  
PrioritynormalSeveritymajorReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionduplicate 
Product Version2016.1 
Summary0003376: Missing fonts during/after upgrade
Description

Mid dist-grade gdm throws errors and all text in gui (kali-x theme) change to 'blocks'. Login screen also shows solid square blocks instead of font.

Steps To Reproduce
  1. Grab 2016.1 image from -> http://cdimage.kali.org/kali-2016.1/kali-linux-2016.1-amd64.iso
  2. All default graphical install.
  3. Login as root, open terminal
  4. apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade

Gui appears corrupt, /var/log/messages throws missing font errors (included in additional info), text in terminal unaffected.

  • systemctl stop gdm
  • change to tty1
  • systemctl set-default multi-user.target (produces segfault but works
  • systemctl status gdm
  • systemctl set-default graphical.target

TO FIX:
apt-get install xfonts-scalable xfonts-cyrillic
fc-cache -fv
systemctl start gdm

I tested steps twice.

Additional Information

/var/log/messages:

Jun 23 16:23:29 kali org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1458]: (gnome-shell:1458): Pango-WARNING : scaled_font status is: file not found
Jun 23 16:23:29 kali org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1458]: (gnome-shell:1458): Pango-WARNING : shaping failure, expect ugly output. shape-engine='PangoFcShapeEngine', font='Cantarell Bold 11', text='The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.'
Jun 23 16:28:21 kali org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1209]: (gnome-shell:1209): Pango-WARNING : failed to create cairo scaled font, expect ugly output. the offending font is 'Cantarell Bold 72'
Jun 23 16:28:21 kali org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1209]: (gnome-shell:1209): Pango-WARNING : font_face status is: file not found
Jun 23 16:28:21 kali org.gnome.Shell.desktop[1209]: (gnome-shell:1209): Pango-WARNING **: scaled_font status is: file not found

Jun 23 14:14:58 kali /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[841]: (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
Jun 23 14:14:58 kali /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[841]: #011Entry deleted from font path.
Jun 23 14:14:58 kali /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[841]: (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/" does not exist.
Jun 23 14:14:58 kali /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[841]: #011Entry deleted from font path.
Jun 23 14:14:58 kali /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[841]: (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/" does not exist.

Running in VirtualBox (5.0.22 r108108) on OSX (10.11.5) prior to comiling dkms for guest additions. Issue remained after installing 4.6.0 linux-headers and compiling guest additions.

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duplicate of 0003293 resolvedrhertzog Fonts are corrupted, seeing squares instead of characters 

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rhertzog

rhertzog

2016-06-24 08:56

administrator   ~0005411

Duplicate of 0003293

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2016-06-23 23:24 dglewis New Issue
2016-06-24 08:56 rhertzog Note Added: 0005411
2016-06-24 08:56 rhertzog Status new => closed
2016-06-24 08:56 rhertzog Assigned To => rhertzog
2016-06-24 08:56 rhertzog Resolution open => duplicate
2016-06-24 08:58 rhertzog Relationship added duplicate of 0003293