On Saturday 11 August 2007 23:53, ddimuc at sbcglobal.net wrote: > Hello, > > First, a quick summary of my system configuration: > - Slackware 11.0 (certainly with many, many updates from pre-built > packages mainly from Slackware and Slacky.it as well as some packages > built from source) > - KDE v3.5.4 (Stock Slackware packages) > - J-Pilot v0.99.9 (Built from source over 4 months ago) > > Today, I started up j-pilot (for whatever reason). I noticed that every > character was replaced with a blank box...yes, a blank box. Though, the > last time j-pilot worked fine was when I did a hotsync last week. > > Here are the things I tried to troubleshoot/resolve the issue: > - Opened j-pilot with a different user...same problem, > - Rebooted...same problem, > - Figured maybe the installation of QT4 could be causing the problem, so > I removed the pre-compiled package using the pkgtool utility...still, > same problem (even though I did run an ldconfig after I removed the QT > package, I did not reboot) > > Things I will try later (not in any particular order): > - Reboot (maybe a reboot is required after having removed the QT4 package) > - Fluck around with KDE font configuration/settings, > - Re-install j-pilot, > > What do you think could be causing this problem? What do you think > might fix the problem? > > If you want more info from me, just tell me exactly what you want. > > DPD. This has been seen on other distros, but I hadn't seen it reported with jpilot so far. It's a pango problem. Gentoo's is solved with emerge emul-linux-x86-gtklibs. Some have solved it by putting in missing symlinks. I can't recall what I finally put into google to find the answer - you need an error message and that error message mentions pango. Liz -- The rhino is a homely beast, For human eyes he's not a feast. Farewell, farewell, you old rhinoceros, I'll stare at something less prepoceros. -- Ogden Nash
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