[Bug 1170172] Re: ubuntu-release-upgrader has totally unreadable weird symbols instead of text

[B Bobo]

** Description changed:

- Every so often the update-notifier normally pops up a window mentioning
- the latest new Ubuntu release. However, after installing lots of Ubuntu
- fonts and some graphite fonts, the update notifier popup window has
- stopped showing any text and started showing only weird symbols like
- boxes and dots, making it totally unreadable. Other applications like
- gnome-terminal, gedit, konqueror etc are still working ok without
- displaying these weird symbols. Why is update-notifier not working
- normally?
+ Every so often the update-manager or ubuntu-release-upgrader normally
+ pops up a window mentioning the latest new Ubuntu release. However,
+ after installing lots of Ubuntu fonts and some graphite fonts, the
+ upgrade notification popup window has stopped showing any text and
+ started showing only weird symbols like boxes and dots, making it
+ totally unreadable. All of the installed fonts installed without errors
+ and all of them seem to be shown correctly in gucharmap. Other
+ applications like gnome-terminal, gedit, konqueror etc are still working
+ ok without displaying these weird symbols.
  
- This is update-notifier 0.119ubuntu8.6 in Ubuntu 12.04.02 precise.
+ Why are the Ubuntu release upgrade notifications suddenly being
+ displayed in a weird font?
+ 
+ This is update-manager 1:0.156.14.11 and update-notifier 0.119ubuntu8.6
+ in Ubuntu 12.04.02 precise.
  
  See the sequence attached of 12 screenshots of the weird symbols in
- update-notifier, showing an attempt to copy-select the lines of symbols
- in the popup window.
+ ubuntu-release-upgrader, showing an attempt to copy-select the lines of
+ symbols in the popup window.

** Summary changed:

- ubuntu-release-upgrader has totally unreadable weird symbols instead of text
+ update-manager / ubuntu-release-upgrader has totally unreadable weird symbols instead of text

** Also affects: update-manager
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Project changed: update-manager => update-manager (Ubuntu)

** Description changed:

- Every so often the update-manager or ubuntu-release-upgrader normally
- pops up a window mentioning the latest new Ubuntu release. However,
- after installing lots of Ubuntu fonts and some graphite fonts, the
- upgrade notification popup window has stopped showing any text and
- started showing only weird symbols like boxes and dots, making it
- totally unreadable. All of the installed fonts installed without errors
- and all of them seem to be shown correctly in gucharmap. Other
- applications like gnome-terminal, gedit, konqueror etc are still working
- ok without displaying these weird symbols.
+ Every so often the update-manager, update-notifier or ubuntu-release-
+ upgrader normally pops up a window mentioning the latest new Ubuntu
+ release. However, after installing lots of Ubuntu fonts and some
+ graphite fonts, the upgrade notification popup window has stopped
+ showing any text and started showing only weird symbols like boxes and
+ dots, making it totally unreadable. All of the installed fonts installed
+ without errors and all of them seem to be shown correctly in gucharmap.
+ Other applications like gnome-terminal, gedit, konqueror etc are still
+ working ok without displaying these weird symbols.
  
  Why are the Ubuntu release upgrade notifications suddenly being
  displayed in a weird font?
  
  This is update-manager 1:0.156.14.11 and update-notifier 0.119ubuntu8.6
  in Ubuntu 12.04.02 precise.
  
  See the sequence attached of 12 screenshots of the weird symbols in
  ubuntu-release-upgrader, showing an attempt to copy-select the lines of
  symbols in the popup window.

** Summary changed:

- update-manager / ubuntu-release-upgrader has totally unreadable weird symbols instead of text
+ totally unreadable weird symbols instead of text in update-manager / update-notifier / ubuntu-release-upgrader

** Tags added: ubuntu-release-upgrader update-manager

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Title:
  totally unreadable weird symbols instead of text in update-manager /
  update-notifier / ubuntu-release-upgrader

Status in “ubuntu-release-upgrader” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “update-notifier” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Every so often the update-manager, update-notifier or ubuntu-release-
  upgrader normally pops up a window mentioning the latest new Ubuntu
  release. However, after installing lots of Ubuntu fonts and some
  graphite fonts, the upgrade notification popup window has stopped
  showing any text and started showing only weird symbols like boxes and
  dots, making it totally unreadable. All of the installed fonts
  installed without errors and all of them seem to be shown correctly in
  gucharmap. Other applications like gnome-terminal, gedit, konqueror
  etc are still working ok without displaying these weird symbols.

  Why are the Ubuntu release upgrade notifications suddenly being
  displayed in a weird font?

  This is update-manager 1:0.156.14.11 and update-notifier
  0.119ubuntu8.6 in Ubuntu 12.04.02 precise.

  See the sequence attached of 12 screenshots of the weird symbols in
  ubuntu-release-upgrader, showing an attempt to copy-select the lines
  of symbols in the popup window.

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