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garybullet
Joined: 27 Oct 2012 Posts: 2
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Posted: Sat 27 Oct 2012, 11:07 Post subject:
Problem with package manager in Precise Puppy 5.4 Subject description: When I load new program, all font characters change to squares. |
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Hi all,
linux Precice puppy 5.4
Compaq Presario 2100
1gb ram
TENDA USB 150Mbps wireless N "pico" W311MI
I have just Installed linux Precice puppy 5.4, for the third time today.
Every time I try to install any program using puppy package manager, all characters in the dialog boxes change to squares. After rebooting all desktop Icons then change to red triangle warnings with exclamation marks, with the text also turning to squares.
What is happening, and how can I cure it?
Yours
Bullet
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Semme

Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 7827 Location: World_Hub
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Posted: Sat 27 Oct 2012, 13:18 Post subject:
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Hi Bullet- and Welcome.
While it's probably to do with your graphics card, I'd like ya to confirm these md5's..
Load your Precise cd. Mount it by clking if not auto-mounted, then open that console on your desktop.
Load this command, adjusting the sr0 bit to suit: find /mnt/sr0 -type f -print0 | xargs -0 md5sum
.. and compare against mine..
Code: | 6a7ef1e62191f6f458ddaacdd881772d /mnt/sr0/boot.cat
78711d0e5b913f585b0bd6f3520c6bce /mnt/sr0/boot.msg
f20889b4aeb20c9f319b050696257297 /mnt/sr0/help.msg
d1cab7249c516253b22322d0995fa9b9 /mnt/sr0/help2.msg
38b12f839c3104b75bd796bbf29bfe19 /mnt/sr0/initrd.gz
c3f63545e554ce3a81907a5450e3d3ad /mnt/sr0/isolinux.bin
9901e4383d29d44cc3acc431a227b4b7 /mnt/sr0/isolinux.cfg
cae684a72b7ed93ee12058a4b1074d4b /mnt/sr0/logo.16
ae88a8c227d3ea6f68b824ee0bd17bd3 /mnt/sr0/puppy_precise_5.4.sfs
fb5b893f08f094d6ba7232fe8f2d813c /mnt/sr0/README.HTM
6e84e38f94ef613a402f678df9d32cf4 /mnt/sr0/vmlinuz |
They all check out?
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garybullet
Joined: 27 Oct 2012 Posts: 2
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Posted: Sat 27 Oct 2012, 14:23 Post subject:
Sreen fault Subject description: When I load new program, all font characters change to squares. |
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Hi Semme
Tried that command on a different laptop (runing ubuntu 12.4lts) but got
bullet@bullet-Aspire-5534:~$ find /mnt/sr0 -type f -print0 | xargs -0 md5sum
find: ‘/mnt/sr0’: No such file or directory
d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e -
My cd drive is sr0 so tried /dev/ in place of /mnt/
bullet@bullet-Aspire-5534:~$ find /dev/sr0 -type f -print0 | xargs -0 md5sum
d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e -
bullet@bullet-Aspire-5534:~$
Am none the wiser
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Semme

Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 7827 Location: World_Hub
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Posted: Sat 27 Oct 2012, 16:04 Post subject:
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Hmm.. you get what to do?
In Ubuntu, and, assuming auto-mount's available- mount it.
The *mount* cmd'll show whether she's mounted or not with a response much like mine below..
/dev/sr0 on /mnt/sr0 type iso9660 (ro,relatime,iocharset=utf8)
Then: find /media/cdrom -type f -print0 | xargs -0 md5sum
Show me yours, mine are two posts up- compare. I'm fairly confident the above's gonna work..
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What was your install disk burned with and at what speed?
Cheap media cd's or other- what brand?
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Shep
Joined: 08 Nov 2008 Posts: 880 Location: Australia
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Posted: Sun 28 Oct 2012, 10:09 Post subject:
Re: Sreen fault Subject description: When I load new program, all font characters change to squares. |
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garybullet wrote: | Hi Semme
Tried that command on a different laptop (runing ubuntu 12.4lts) but got
bullet@bullet-Aspire-5534:~$ find /mnt/sr0 -type f -print0 | xargs -0 md5sum
find: ‘/mnt/sr0’: No such file or directory
d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e - |
You didn't first mount the drive! Click on its icon on the desktop to mount your CD drive so you can get a directory listing, then try that line again.
P.S. for others following along, there are three zeros in that line, and no uppercase "o" anywhere!
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rhauff
Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 7
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Posted: Sun 28 Oct 2012, 14:51 Post subject:
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I got the exact same problem on a Compaq Presario CQ60 running precise puppy.
Yesterday i reinstalled to fix it.
Today i installed firefox package ok, then trird to install lm-sensors which had a few dependencies. I don't think it finished, and i lost all desktop icons and fonts in the process. Fonts in the browser and menu still work
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Semme

Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 7827 Location: World_Hub
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Posted: Sun 28 Oct 2012, 16:47 Post subject:
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Rhauff- do the files on your disk check out?
Which card have you got there?
Code: | lspci -nn | grep VGA |
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rhauff
Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 7
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Posted: Sun 28 Oct 2012, 18:04 Post subject:
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Well, i"m not sure which files to check out... This is a hard drive install
I can't past the grep output as i can't read the screen on puppy to connect wifi, so I'm typing this on my tablet. VGA controller is NVIDIA GeForce 8200MG
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Semme

Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 7827 Location: World_Hub
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Posted: Sun 28 Oct 2012, 20:15 Post subject:
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HD install from cd?
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rhauff
Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 7
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Posted: Sun 28 Oct 2012, 21:07 Post subject:
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I used a usb stick
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Semme

Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 7827 Location: World_Hub
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Posted: Sun 28 Oct 2012, 21:45 Post subject:
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Well, since I'm not sure whether there's a more recent driver available in your video upgrade wizard, you might be able to help yourself following some of the procedure outlined here. As I'm no authority, it's the best I can offer..
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rhauff
Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 7
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Posted: Sun 28 Oct 2012, 22:39 Post subject:
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I don't know about the video driver idea, it was displaying fine until the package install.
I tried it on my usb flash install, however, and it installed lm-sensors and dependencies just fine
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zul
Joined: 05 Nov 2012 Posts: 2
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Posted: Tue 13 Nov 2012, 06:17 Post subject:
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to fix that bug, just make a symbolic link directory of pango and gdk-pixbuff-20 in /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu
#ln -s /usr/lib/pango /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/pango
#ln -s /usr/lib/gdk-pixbuff-2.0 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuff-2.0
then reboot and dont forget to change your wallpaper
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sketchman

Joined: 01 Jun 2006 Posts: 292 Location: West Virginia, USA
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Posted: Tue 20 Nov 2012, 13:28 Post subject:
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zul wrote: | to fix that bug, just make a symbolic link directory of pango and gdk-pixbuff-20 in /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu
#ln -s /usr/lib/pango /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/pango
#ln -s /usr/lib/gdk-pixbuff-2.0 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuff-2.0
then reboot and dont forget to change your wallpaper  |
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