Hi,
I need help. I have just installed Fedora 17 from the DVD. I used text mode installation and later converted to GUI mode using
yum groupinstall "X Window System" Desktop
and configuring systemd.
Please refer to the image below. The GUI cannot display English characters. All I get are square boxes.
Thank you very much.
Allegedly, on or about 30 October 2012, Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) sent:
I have just installed Fedora 17 from the DVD. I used text mode installation and later converted to GUI mode using
yum groupinstall "X Window System" Desktop
and configuring systemd.
Please refer to the image below. The GUI cannot display English characters. All I get are square boxes.
First guess - you're simply missing some basic fonts. You could add a few until you get text. You could install one of the desktop systems (Gnome, KDE, XFCE, et cetera), I imagine that they'd require the basic fonts. If the issue is simply missing fonts, it does seem like the "X Window System" group is lacking an important dependency or two.
Another approach may be adding language support packages, they may depend on some basic fonts.
I installed from the live disc, for the Gnome desktop, which only has a small subset of packages. I've added a few extra packages, but these are the fonts that I've got installed:
$ rpm -qa *font*|sort
abattis-cantarell-fonts-0.0.8-1.fc17.noarch bitstream-vera-fonts-common-1.10-20.fc17.noarch bitstream-vera-serif-fonts-1.10-20.fc17.noarch cjkuni-uming-fonts-0.2.20080216.1-49.fc17.noarch dejavu-fonts-common-2.33-3.fc17.noarch dejavu-sans-fonts-2.33-3.fc17.noarch dejavu-sans-mono-fonts-2.33-3.fc17.noarch dejavu-serif-fonts-2.33-3.fc17.noarch fontconfig-2.8.0-8.fc17.i686 fontconfig-2.8.0-8.fc17.x86_64 fontpackages-filesystem-1.44-4.fc17.noarch ghostscript-fonts-5.50-28.fc17.noarch jomolhari-fonts-0.003-11.fc17.noarch khmeros-base-fonts-5.0-12.fc17.noarch khmeros-fonts-common-5.0-12.fc17.noarch liberation-fonts-common-1.07.2-6.fc17.noarch liberation-mono-fonts-1.07.2-6.fc17.noarch liberation-sans-fonts-1.07.2-6.fc17.noarch liberation-serif-fonts-1.07.2-6.fc17.noarch libfontenc-1.1.0-2.fc17.x86_64 libreoffice-opensymbol-fonts-3.5.7.2-2.fc17.noarch libXfont-1.4.5-1.fc17.x86_64 lklug-fonts-0.6-6.20090803cvs.fc17.noarch lohit-assamese-fonts-2.5.1-2.fc17.noarch lohit-bengali-fonts-2.5.1-1.fc17.noarch lohit-devanagari-fonts-2.5.1-3.fc17.noarch lohit-gujarati-fonts-2.5.1-2.fc17.noarch lohit-kannada-fonts-2.5.1-2.fc17.noarch lohit-oriya-fonts-2.5.1-1.fc17.noarch lohit-punjabi-fonts-2.5.1-2.fc17.noarch lohit-tamil-fonts-2.5.1-2.fc17.noarch lohit-telugu-fonts-2.5.1-2.fc17.noarch mplayer-fonts-1.0-7.at.noarch nhn-nanum-gothic-fonts-3.020-1.fc17.noarch paktype-naqsh-fonts-3.0-6.fc17.noarch paratype-pt-sans-fonts-20100408-3.fc17.noarch sil-abyssinica-fonts-1.200-2.fc17.noarch sil-padauk-fonts-2.4-8.fc17.noarch smc-fonts-common-5.0.1-2.fc17.noarch smc-meera-fonts-5.0.1-2.fc17.noarch stix-fonts-1.0.0-3.fc17.noarch thai-scalable-fonts-common-0.5.0-1.fc17.noarch thai-scalable-waree-fonts-0.5.0-1.fc17.noarch urw-fonts-2.4-11.fc17.noarch vlgothic-fonts-20120928-1.fc17.noarch vlgothic-fonts-common-20120928-1.fc17.noarch wqy-zenhei-fonts-0.9.46-6.fc17.noarch xorg-x11-fonts-misc-7.5-5.fc17.noarch xorg-x11-font-utils-7.5-7.fc17.x86_64
I would guess that the dejavu* font* liberation* rpms probably form the basic English set.
On 10/31/2012 02:58 AM, Tim wrote:
Allegedly, on or about 30 October 2012, Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) sent:
I have just installed Fedora 17 from the DVD. I used text mode installation and later converted to GUI mode using
yum groupinstall "X Window System" Desktop
and configuring systemd.
Please refer to the image below. The GUI cannot display English characters. All I get are square boxes.
First guess - you're simply missing some basic fonts. You could add a few until you get text. You could install one of the desktop systems (Gnome, KDE, XFCE, et cetera), I imagine that they'd require the basic fonts. If the issue is simply missing fonts, it does seem like the "X Window System" group is lacking an important dependency or two.
Another approach may be adding language support packages, they may depend on some basic fonts.
I installed from the live disc, for the Gnome desktop, which only has a small subset of packages. I've added a few extra packages, but these are the fonts that I've got installed:
$ rpm -qa *font*|sort
abattis-cantarell-fonts-0.0.8-1.fc17.noarch bitstream-vera-fonts-common-1.10-20.fc17.noarch bitstream-vera-serif-fonts-1.10-20.fc17.noarch cjkuni-uming-fonts-0.2.20080216.1-49.fc17.noarch dejavu-fonts-common-2.33-3.fc17.noarch dejavu-sans-fonts-2.33-3.fc17.noarch dejavu-sans-mono-fonts-2.33-3.fc17.noarch dejavu-serif-fonts-2.33-3.fc17.noarch fontconfig-2.8.0-8.fc17.i686 fontconfig-2.8.0-8.fc17.x86_64 fontpackages-filesystem-1.44-4.fc17.noarch ghostscript-fonts-5.50-28.fc17.noarch jomolhari-fonts-0.003-11.fc17.noarch khmeros-base-fonts-5.0-12.fc17.noarch khmeros-fonts-common-5.0-12.fc17.noarch liberation-fonts-common-1.07.2-6.fc17.noarch liberation-mono-fonts-1.07.2-6.fc17.noarch liberation-sans-fonts-1.07.2-6.fc17.noarch liberation-serif-fonts-1.07.2-6.fc17.noarch libfontenc-1.1.0-2.fc17.x86_64 libreoffice-opensymbol-fonts-3.5.7.2-2.fc17.noarch libXfont-1.4.5-1.fc17.x86_64 lklug-fonts-0.6-6.20090803cvs.fc17.noarch lohit-assamese-fonts-2.5.1-2.fc17.noarch lohit-bengali-fonts-2.5.1-1.fc17.noarch lohit-devanagari-fonts-2.5.1-3.fc17.noarch lohit-gujarati-fonts-2.5.1-2.fc17.noarch lohit-kannada-fonts-2.5.1-2.fc17.noarch lohit-oriya-fonts-2.5.1-1.fc17.noarch lohit-punjabi-fonts-2.5.1-2.fc17.noarch lohit-tamil-fonts-2.5.1-2.fc17.noarch lohit-telugu-fonts-2.5.1-2.fc17.noarch mplayer-fonts-1.0-7.at.noarch nhn-nanum-gothic-fonts-3.020-1.fc17.noarch paktype-naqsh-fonts-3.0-6.fc17.noarch paratype-pt-sans-fonts-20100408-3.fc17.noarch sil-abyssinica-fonts-1.200-2.fc17.noarch sil-padauk-fonts-2.4-8.fc17.noarch smc-fonts-common-5.0.1-2.fc17.noarch smc-meera-fonts-5.0.1-2.fc17.noarch stix-fonts-1.0.0-3.fc17.noarch thai-scalable-fonts-common-0.5.0-1.fc17.noarch thai-scalable-waree-fonts-0.5.0-1.fc17.noarch urw-fonts-2.4-11.fc17.noarch vlgothic-fonts-20120928-1.fc17.noarch vlgothic-fonts-common-20120928-1.fc17.noarch wqy-zenhei-fonts-0.9.46-6.fc17.noarch xorg-x11-fonts-misc-7.5-5.fc17.noarch xorg-x11-font-utils-7.5-7.fc17.x86_64
I would guess that the dejavu* font* liberation* rpms probably form the basic English set.
Dear Tim,
Thank you for your reply.
I have solved the problem. After the text mode installation of Fedora 17, I issued the following commands instead:
yum groupinstall "X Window System" yum groupinstall "GNOME Desktop Environment"
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Singapore Citizen Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) -
Tim