[CentOS] Possible Font problem with CentOS 7
Liam O'Toole
liam.p.otoole at gmail.com
Wed Nov 6 20:19:44 UTC 2019
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
and
fc-match monospace
?
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