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#1 2016-01-30 19:35:41

akgrant0710
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[SOLVED] Text displays as blocks - missing fonts?

I'm currently running i3 wm on 4.3.3-3-ARCH but am having problems with dialogs showing characters as black blocks.  I assumed this is due to missing fonts, but haven't been able to determine what's missing.

The fonts I've recently installed after searching the web for similar problems include:

noto-fonts 20151224-2
perl-font-ttf 1.05-1
ttf-amiri 0.108-2
ttf-ancient-fonts 2.59-2
ttf-bitstream-vera 1.10-10
ttf-dejavu 2.34-2
ttf-droid 20121017-4
ttf-freefont 20120503-4
ttf-inconsolata 20151221.480630d-1
ttf-liberation 2.00.1-5
ttf-linux-libertine 5.3.0-3
ttf-monaco 6.1-2
ttf-ubuntu-font-family 0.83-1
xorg-fonts-type1 7.7-1
ttf-amiri 0.108-2
ttf-ancient-fonts 2.59-2
ttf-monaco 6.1-2

https://www.dropbox.com/s/7pba0dvuggdpx … s.png?dl=0 shows the problem in LibreOffice 5.0.4.2, although it has happened in other applications as well.

I haven't seen anything obvious in ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log, running LibreOffice from the command line doesn't show any errors and drop-down menus all display fine.

Any hints on how I can track this down?

Thanks very much,
Alistair

Last edited by akgrant0710 (2016-02-04 06:57:51)

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#2 2016-02-03 21:35:35

ritze
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Re: [SOLVED] Text displays as blocks - missing fonts?

I've this problem since for a while and didn't found a solution yet.

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#3 2016-02-03 21:39:56

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Re: [SOLVED] Text displays as blocks - missing fonts?

With missing fonts you usually get empty white rectangles, yours looks more like graphics rendering issue. Please post your graphics specs and what drivers you use.

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#4 2016-02-04 06:45:33

akgrant0710
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Re: [SOLVED] Text displays as blocks - missing fonts?

ugjka wrote:

With missing fonts you usually get empty white rectangles, yours looks more like graphics rendering issue. Please post your graphics specs and what drivers you use.

Thanks for the tip! That was indeed the problem.  After installing
xf86-video-intel everything is fine (I hadn't installed any drivers
explicitly before that).  For the record:

Dell XPS13 9333

> lspci -vvv # edited down to just the graphics controller
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
        Subsystem: Dell Device 060a
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 0
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 47
        Region 0: Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M]
        Region 2: Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
        Region 4: I/O ports at 3000 [size=64]
        Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
        Capabilities: <access denied>
        Kernel driver in use: i915
        Kernel modules: i915


> lsmod | grep i915
i915                 1081344  8
drm_kms_helper        102400  1 i915
drm                   286720  6 i915,drm_kms_helper
intel_gtt              20480  1 i915
i2c_algo_bit           16384  1 i915
video                  32768  3 i915,dell_wmi,dell_laptop
button                 16384  1 i915

Thanks again,
Alistair

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#5 2016-02-04 07:40:52

ritze
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Re: [SOLVED] Text displays as blocks - missing fonts?

No change for me. I'd installed xf86-video-ati already and use the mesa drivers.

lspci -vvv
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Pitcairn PRO [Radeon HD 7850 / R7 265 / R9 270 1024SP] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
        Subsystem: PC Partner Limited / Sapphire Technology Radeon HD 7850 2GB GDDR5 DVI-I/DVI-D/HDMI/DP
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 29
        NUMA node: 0
        Region 0: Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
        Region 2: Memory at fea00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
        Region 4: I/O ports at e000 [size=256]
        Expansion ROM at fea40000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [48] Vendor Specific Information: Len=08 <?>
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
        Capabilities: [58] Express (v2) Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
                DevCap: MaxPayload 256 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <4us, L1 unlimited
                        ExtTag+ AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE+ FLReset-
                DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-
                        RlxdOrd- ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+
                        MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes
                DevSta: CorrErr+ UncorrErr- FatalErr- UnsuppReq+ AuxPwr- TransPend-
                LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 8GT/s, Width x16, ASPM L0s L1, Exit Latency L0s <64ns, L1 <1us
                        ClockPM- Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot- ASPMOptComp+
                LnkCtl: ASPM Disabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled- CommClk+
                        ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-
                LnkSta: Speed 5GT/s, Width x16, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-
                DevCap2: Completion Timeout: Not Supported, TimeoutDis-, LTR-, OBFF Not Supported
                DevCtl2: Completion Timeout: 50us to 50ms, TimeoutDis-, LTR-, OBFF Disabled
                LnkCtl2: Target Link Speed: 8GT/s, EnterCompliance- SpeedDis-
                         Transmit Margin: Normal Operating Range, EnterModifiedCompliance- ComplianceSOS-
                         Compliance De-emphasis: -6dB
                LnkSta2: Current De-emphasis Level: -3.5dB, EqualizationComplete-, EqualizationPhase1-
                         EqualizationPhase2-, EqualizationPhase3-, LinkEqualizationRequest-
        Capabilities: [a0] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
                Address: 00000000fee00000  Data: 0000
        Capabilities: [100 v1] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=010 <?>
        Capabilities: [150 v2] Advanced Error Reporting
                UESta:  DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-
                UEMsk:  DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-
                UESvrt: DLP+ SDES+ TLP- FCP+ CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF+ MalfTLP+ ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-
                CESta:  RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr+
                CEMsk:  RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr+
                AERCap: First Error Pointer: 00, GenCap+ CGenEn- ChkCap+ ChkEn-
        Capabilities: [270 v1] #19
        Capabilities: [2b0 v1] Address Translation Service (ATS)
                ATSCap: Invalidate Queue Depth: 00
                ATSCtl: Enable+, Smallest Translation Unit: 00
        Capabilities: [2c0 v1] #13
        Capabilities: [2d0 v1] #1b
        Kernel driver in use: radeon
        Kernel modules: radeon

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#6 2016-02-04 18:22:13

akgrant0710
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Re: [SOLVED] Text displays as blocks - missing fonts?

ritze wrote:

No change for me. I'd installed xf86-video-ati already and use the mesa drivers.

Maybe take a look at https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=208195 which is discussing the same symptoms.

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#7 2016-04-06 10:43:23

athos
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Re: [SOLVED] Text displays as blocks - missing fonts?

I reported the bug here:
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/sho … i?id=98336

Someone suggested to enable experimental features in LO and then:
export SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gtk3
and launch libreoffice.

This works for me (I am on radeonsi driver).
Putting the "export SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gtk3" in the /etc/profile should provide me a correct workaround.

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