Hi, I've got a possible font problem with a fully updated CentOS 7 system. An example with the man command. #man kill Should return the following KILL(1) User Commands KILL(1) NAME kill - terminate a process SYNOPSIS kill [-s signal|-p] [-q sigval] [-a] [--] pid... kill -l [signal] but what I actually get is the following KILL(1) User Commands KILL(1) kill - terminate a process [ signal| ] [ sigval] [ ] [ ] pid... [signal] Notice the missing text. If I select the text and paste it into an editor I see the missing text. So it's there just not displaying on the screen. I also notice the effect with links embedded in e-mails. I use evolution. Embedded links do not appear in the e-mail but if I hover over a link location then it appears in the text box at the bottom of the page and I can select it. I suspect I'm missing some common font(s). Any ideas. Regards, Tony -- Tony Molloy <tony.molloy at ul.ie> Home
This is caused by the colour profile settings in your terminal program (gnome-terminal, mate-terminal, whatever). Edit-Prefrences-Colors I generally just check "use colors from system theme" but I suppose that would depend on what you're using for a system theme. But the setting you need to fix is under Text and Background Color. On Wed, 06 Nov 2019 19:45:22 +0000 Tony Molloy wrote:> > Hi, > > I've got a possible font problem with a fully updated CentOS 7 system. > > An example with the man command. > > #man kill > > Should return the following > > KILL(1) User Commands KILL(1) > > NAME > kill - terminate a process > > SYNOPSIS > kill [-s signal|-p] [-q sigval] [-a] [--] pid... > kill -l [signal] > > > but what I actually get is the following > > KILL(1) User Commands KILL(1) > > > kill - terminate a process > > > [ signal| ] [ sigval] [ ] [ ] pid... > [signal] > > Notice the missing text. > > If I select the text and paste it into an editor I see the missing > text. So it's there just not displaying on the screen. > > I also notice the effect with links embedded in e-mails. I use > evolution. Embedded links do not appear in the e-mail but if I hover > over a link location then it appears in the text box at the bottom of > the page and I can select it. > > I suspect I'm missing some common font(s). > > Any ideas. > > Regards, > > Tony > > > > > > > -- > Tony Molloy <tony.molloy at ul.ie> > Home > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >-- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Real D 3D Digital Cinema ~ www.melvilletheatre.com
On Wed, 06 Nov, 2019 at 19:45:22 +0000, Tony Molloy wrote:> > Hi, > > I've got a possible font problem with a fully updated CentOS 7 system. > > An example with the man command. > > #man kill > > Should return the following > > KILL(1) User Commands KILL(1) > > NAME > kill - terminate a process > > SYNOPSIS > kill [-s signal|-p] [-q sigval] [-a] [--] pid... > kill -l [signal] > > > but what I actually get is the following > > KILL(1) User Commands KILL(1) > > > kill - terminate a process > > > [ signal| ] [ sigval] [ ] [ ] pid... > [signal] > > Notice the missing text. > > If I select the text and paste it into an editor I see the missing > text. So it's there just not displaying on the screen. > > I also notice the effect with links embedded in e-mails. I use > evolution. Embedded links do not appear in the e-mail but if I hover > over a link location then it appears in the text box at the bottom of > the page and I can select it. > > I suspect I'm missing some common font(s). > > Any ideas. > > Regards, > > TonyGreetings from Cork. What terminal emulator are you using? Assuming it's gnome-terminal (the default), what is the output of the commands gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.interface monospace-font-name and fc-match monospace ?
On Wed, 2019-11-06 at 13:57 -0600,> This is caused by the colour profile settings in your terminal > program (gnome-terminal, mate-terminal, whatever). > > Edit-Prefrences-Colors > > I generally just check "use colors from system theme" but I suppose > that would depend on what you're using for a system theme. But the > setting you need to fix is under Text and Background Color. >Thanks, that sorted the terminal problem. Now for the e-mail problem. Regards, Tony> On Wed, 06 Nov 2019 19:45:22 +0000 > Tony Molloy wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > I've got a possible font problem with a fully updated CentOS 7 > > system. > > > > An example with the man command. > > > > #man kill > > > > Should return the following > > > > KILL(1) User Commands KILL(1) > > > > NAME > > kill - terminate a process > > > > SYNOPSIS > > kill [-s signal|-p] [-q sigval] [-a] [--] pid... > > kill -l [signal] > > > > > > but what I actually get is the following > > > > KILL(1) User Commands KILL(1) > > > > > > kill - terminate a process > > > > > > [ signal| ] [ sigval] [ ] [ ] pid... > > [signal] > > > > Notice the missing text. > > > > If I select the text and paste it into an editor I see the missing > > text. So it's there just not displaying on the screen. > > > > I also notice the effect with links embedded in e-mails. I use > > evolution. Embedded links do not appear in the e-mail but if I > > hover > > over a link location then it appears in the text box at the bottom > > of > > the page and I can select it. > > > > I suspect I'm missing some common font(s). > > > > Any ideas. > > > > Regards, > > > > Tony > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Tony Molloy <tony.molloy at ul.ie> > > Home > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS at centos.org > > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > >-- Tony Molloy <tony.molloy at ul.ie> Home
On Wed, 2019-11-06 at 20:19 +0000, liam.p.otoole at gmail.com wrote:> CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the University of > Limerick. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you > recognize the sender's email address and know the content is safe. > On Wed, 06 Nov, 2019 at 19:45:22 +0000, Tony Molloy wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I've got a possible font problem with a fully updated CentOS 7 > > system. > > > > An example with the man command. > > > > #man kill > > > > Should return the following > > > > KILL(1) User Commands KILL(1) > > > > NAME > > kill - terminate a process > > > > SYNOPSIS > > kill [-s signal|-p] [-q sigval] [-a] [--] pid... > > kill -l [signal] > > > > > > but what I actually get is the following > > > > KILL(1) User Commands KILL(1) > > > > > > kill - terminate a process > > > > > > [ signal| ] [ sigval] [ ] [ ] pid... > > [signal] > > > > Notice the missing text. > > > > If I select the text and paste it into an editor I see the missing > > text. So it's there just not displaying on the screen. > > > > I also notice the effect with links embedded in e-mails. I use > > evolution. Embedded links do not appear in the e-mail but if I > > hover > > over a link location then it appears in the text box at the bottom > > of > > the page and I can select it. > > > > I suspect I'm missing some common font(s). > > > > Any ideas. > > > > Regards, > > > > Tony > > Greetings from Cork. > > What terminal emulator are you using? Assuming it's gnome-terminal > (the default), what > is the output of the commands > > gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.interface monospace-font-name >'Monospace 11'> and > > fc-match monospace >DejaVuSansMono.ttf: "DejaVu Sans Mono" "Book" I got the solution for the terminal problem. It was a setting in the terminal preferences settings which I had unticked. So now for the e-mail problem. This I assume is also a preferences problem with either my theme selection or with evoloution itself. Thanks for the reply, Tony -- Tony Molloy <tony.molloy at ul.ie> Home