Help – Synaptic unusable (all chars illegable) now!

[Member wildstar84]

Somehow my characer-set/codepage is now borked in Synaptic (but not any other apps) making all characters displayed “little boxes” – See attached image, making it unreadable/unusable! Anyone know how to fix this?

I’m using Testing, packages upgraded the last time it was working normally:

Install: libdvdread8:amd64 (6.1.1-2, automatic), libthai-dev:amd64 (0.1.28-3, automatic), libdatrie-dev:amd64 (0.2.12-3, automatic)
Upgrade: librsvg2-bin:amd64 (2.48.0-2, 2.48.2-1), librsvg2-dev:amd64 (2.48.0-2, 2.48.2-1), libpangoft2-1.0-0:amd64 (1.42.4-8, 1.44.7-3), gir1.2-gtk-3.0:amd64 (3.24.14-1, 3.24.18-1), libgtk-3-common:amd64 (3.24.14-1, 3.24.18-1), apt:amd64 (2.0.1, 2.0.2), libgtk-3-0:amd64 (3.24.14-1, 3.24.18-1), librsvg2-common:amd64 (2.48.0-2, 2.48.2-1), gdebi-core:amd64 (0.9.5.7+nmu3.antix1, 0.9.5.7+nmu3.antix2), nano:amd64 (4.9.1-1, 4.9.2-1), gir1.2-pango-1.0:amd64 (1.42.4-8, 1.44.7-3), python3-idna:amd64 (2.8-1, 2.8-2), gdebi:amd64 (0.9.5.7+nmu3.antix1, 0.9.5.7+nmu3.antix2), libapt-pkg6.0:amd64 (2.0.1, 2.0.2), pango1.0-tools:amd64 (1.42.4-8, 1.44.7-3), libpangoxft-1.0-0:amd64 (1.42.4-8, 1.44.7-3), libpango1.0-dev:amd64 (1.42.4-8, 1.44.7-3), libnautilus-extension1a:amd64 (3.36.1-1, 3.36.1.1-1), python3-cryptography:amd64 (2.8-3, 2.8-4), libgtk-3-bin:amd64 (3.24.14-1, 3.24.18-1), libpangocairo-1.0-0:amd64 (1.42.4-8, 1.44.7-3), libdvdread-dev:amd64 (6.0.2-2, 6.1.1-2), librsvg2-2:amd64 (2.48.0-2, 2.48.2-1), libnss-myhostname:amd64 (244.3-1, 245.4-3), apt-utils:amd64 (2.0.1, 2.0.2), gtk-update-icon-cache:amd64 (3.24.14-1, 3.24.18-1), libpango-1.0-0:amd64 (1.42.4-8, 1.44.7-3), gir1.2-rsvg-2.0:amd64 (2.48.0-2, 2.48.2-1)
End-Date: 2020-04-13 02:27:50

Any advice?!

Thanks,

Jim

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[Forum Admin anticapitalista]

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Maybe you need to change the font(s) in synaptic under Settings > Preferences > Columns and Fonts.

The cause – pango or gtk3 upgrades?

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=956515

BTW – My testing box is not seeing this.

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[Member wildstar84]

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Thank you sir! I was able to pull up Synaptic on another box to assist me in following your instructions. I had “Use custom application font” checked. I unchecked it and pressed [Apply] immediately fixing the pbm. I’d be curious what “application font” it is using though – does Synaptic have a config file somewhere? I am assuming that the “application” font would be used from /root/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini, where I have the line “gtk-font-name=Sans 12” specified, but maybe NOT as I tried rechecking the “Use custom application font” and selecting “Sans Regular 12” (the nearest choice available), applying and it still works (unchanged as that is apparently what it is now using). Anyway, unchecked again and reapplied and everything seems to be working properly again!

Upon further review (from the other unupdated working box) I was indeed using “Terminus Regular”, which according to the bug you posted is borked by the pango upgrade, and is now no longer a selectable option in Synaptic, so no longer will use a “custom font” now and that is no biggie as Sans 12 is good enuf for me! 🙂

Thanks anticapitalista!

Jim

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Perhaps that libthai is a little overenthused, given that you defs need a Thai font to go with that.
Or Roboto as default font? Just walking around with a babboon here…

Hey, what’s gir and rsvg for? (On Fedora while I sort things out.)

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