Comment 8 for bug 550910

The beta2 USB image appears to work fine when I boot from USB.

Therefore it must be something in the local configuration - but what? It is
apparently NOT user-specific, since I created a new user, who had the same
problem.

Any help would be appreciated

On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 1:45 PM, Brent Nesbitt <email address hidden>wrote:

> With one user, the guest session isn't offered (at least not in the
> shutdown menu).
>
> Therefore I created a new user, and Nebook Launcher displayed exactly the
> same (unreadable). At this point there WAS a guest session in the menu, so
> I tried it, but it uses the regular gnome menu, not the netbook launcher, so
> it wasn't a great test.
>
> I will try making a bootable USB stick, and report back.
>
> Thank you.
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 8:44 AM, Didier Roche <email address hidden> wrote:
>
>> thanks for the screenshot. I can only see two things to provide more info:
>> - you can create and boot from an usb disk with the live session (see the
>> usb disk creator in system -> administration). So, no need for a CD drive
>> - try to switch to the guest session to see if it's a parameter in your
>> home directory.
>>
>> --
>> Latest update makes fonts unreadable
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/550910
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>> of the bug.
>>
>> Status in “netbook-launcher” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>>
>> Bug description:
>> Binary package hint: netbook-launcher
>>
>> I am using lucid-beta-1, with all updates, on an Acer Aspire One netbook.
>>
>> The netbook-launcher fonts have become white blocks after the last update.
>> Up until that point they looked great.
>>
>> The blocks are different sizes, according to the character, but not even
>> close to readable. Each character is just a single white rectangle,
>> approximately the size of the letter.
>>
>> (note, I have adjusted my default font size to 8pt, but changing this back
>> to 10pt only makes the blocks bigger)
>>
>> ProblemType: Bug
>> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
>> Package: netbook-launcher 1:2.1.15-0ubuntu2
>> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-17.26-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
>> Uname: Linux 2.6.32-17-generic i686
>> Architecture: i386
>> Date: Mon Mar 29 07:00:14 2010
>> ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/netbook-launcher
>> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook-Remix 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386
>> (20091028)
>> MachineType: Acer AOA150
>> ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-17-generic
>> root=UUID=e6dac96a-3567-4620-ad26-6a52866cf600 ro quiet splash
>> ProcEnviron:
>> LANG=en_US.utf8
>> SHELL=/bin/bash
>> SourcePackage: netbook-launcher
>> dmi.bios.date: 10/06/2008
>> dmi.bios.vendor: Acer
>> dmi.bios.version: v0.3309
>> dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
>> dmi.board.vendor: Acer
>> dmi.board.version: Base Board Version
>> dmi.chassis.type: 1
>> dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacturer
>> dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
>> dmi.modalias:
>> dmi:bvnAcer:bvrv0.3309:bd10/06/2008:svnAcer:pnAOA150:pvr1:rvnAcer:rn:rvrBaseBoardVersion:cvnChassisManufacturer:ct1:cvrChassisVersion:
>> dmi.product.name: AOA150
>> dmi.product.version: 1
>> dmi.sys.vendor: Acer
>> system:
>> distro: Ubuntu
>> codename: lucid
>> architecture: i686
>> kernel: 2.6.32-17-generic
>>
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