Unable to Display English Characters

[Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)]

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"

-- 
Yours sincerely,

Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
Singapore