[Tfug] Missing text on some programs.
Glen Pfeiffer
glen at thepfeiffers.net
Mon Nov 24 16:10:55 MST 2008
On Mon Nov 24, 2008 at 02:00:16PM -0700, Claude Rubinson wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 01:44:26PM -0700, Tyler Nienhouse wrote:
> > I have no idea what the problem is, but on some programs,
> > none of the programs text is there. Like in OpenOffice, none
> > of the labels or menu items are there. And in Wine the
> > programs have the same issue. This also happens with Amarok.
>
> So this is an Ubuntu-related problem? (LinuxMint is based off
> of Ubuntu.) Did you do anything funky in your installation?
> Generally a systemic-wide problem like this would be related to
> your GUI toolkit but OpenOffice, Wine, and Amarok all use
> different toolkits, so I'm not sure offhand where the problem
> would lie.
How about a font issue? I don't know if there's a better
approach, but I've noticed that font issues are often reported to
the terminal if opened that way. So you could open the offending
programs from a terminal and watch it for errors/warnings.
How about taking a look at .xsession-errors?
Glen
More information about the tfug
mailing list