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