Re: [Bug 174373] Re: [hardy] squares instead of text after fontconfig upgrade until applications are restarted

2008-09-23 Thread mayormike
Thanks again for the prompt replies and help. Mike rod wrote: > I did > cd /usr/local/lib > sudo rm libpango* > (to remove all files with name beginning by libpango) > > cd /usr/local > sudo rm -r pango > > sudo apt-get install --reinstall libpango1.0-0 libpango1.0-common > cd /home/myuser/ > ch

Re: [Bug 174373] Re: [hardy] squares instead of text after fontconfig upgrade until applications are restarted

2008-09-22 Thread mayormike
Thanks for the fast reply. Is there a way to uninstall pango from the terminal? If so, would you know the command structure? Thanks. rod wrote: > I solved my issue, after trying several things gathered on lots of locations, > which did not work : > I just desinstalled pango, then removed all p

[Bug 174373] Re: [hardy] squares instead of text after fontconfig upgrade until applications are restarted

2008-09-22 Thread mayormike
I'll confirm the problem. I was doing automatic updates and was updating to Ubuntu 8. I have nothing but squares/rectangles where the text should be. When I type in firefox or the terminal (only able to start by looking at the icon) the fonts are fine. All dialog boxes, including any config boxes