Bug 12743 - Acrobat Reader shows squares instead of letters/numbers (i386/pango.modules empty)
Summary: Acrobat Reader shows squares instead of letters/numbers (i386/pango.modules e...
Status: RESOLVED OLD
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: 4
Hardware: x86_64 Linux
Priority: Normal normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Mageia Bug Squad
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Keywords: Triaged
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Reported: 2014-02-12 18:16 CET by Tomas Kindl
Modified: 2015-10-27 06:56 CET (History)
2 users (show)

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Source RPM: pango-1.36.1-1.mga4.src.rpm
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Description Tomas Kindl 2014-02-12 18:16:33 CET
Description of problem:
After upgrading to MGA4 and starting acroread (9.4.2 and 9.5.x)
which I need for forms filling, it shows only squares instead of letters,
including menus, etc.

Digging showed, that /etc/pango/i386/pango.modules is empty (while x86_64) version is not and that copying content of /etc/pango/x86_64/pango.modules to /etc/pango/i386/pango.modules and changing paths so that they would point to proper i586 place fixes this problem.

As that file should be autogenerated, it seems that generator failed somehow.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
pango-1.36.1-1.mga4.src.rpm

How reproducible:
100% (all upgraded PCs were hit)


Steps to Reproduce:
1. upgrade MGA3-> MGA4
2. try to use i586 application depending on pango (acrobat reader for example)

Reproducible: 

Steps to Reproduce:
Manuel Hiebel 2014-02-12 22:03:46 CET

Keywords: (none) => Triaged
CC: (none) => fundawang, olav
Summary: Acrobat Reader shows squares instead of letters/numbers => Acrobat Reader shows squares instead of letters/numbers (i386/pango.modules empty)

Comment 1 Tomas Kindl 2014-02-18 15:36:15 CET
Follow up:

when updating from MGA3->MGA4, installation of libpango1.0_0-modules basically hangs with error message:

(pango-querymodules-32:21395): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: gtype.c:2720: You forgot to call g_type_init()

(pango-querymodules-32:21395): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `result != 0' failed

(pango-querymodules-32:21395): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: cannot retrieve class for invalid (unclassed) type `<invalid>'

(pango-querymodules-32:21395): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_enum_get_value: assertion `G_IS_ENUM_CLASS (enum_class)' failed

(pango-querymodules-32:21395): Pango-WARNING **: Engine reported invalid script value 2 <===

(proces /usr/bin/pango-querymodules-32 --system).

You have to kill this process in order to proceed which almost certainly causes reported bug.
Taaki Atshe 2014-02-27 18:27:32 CET

See Also: (none) => https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12898

Comment 2 Samuel Verschelde 2015-09-21 13:19:09 CEST
Mageia 4 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2015-09-19. It is is no longer 
maintained, which means that it will not receive any further security or bug 
fix updates.

Package Maintainer: If you wish for this bug to remain open because you plan to 
fix it in a currently maintained version, simply change the 'version' to a later 
Mageia version.

Bug Reporter: Thank you for reporting this issue and we are sorry that we weren't 
able to fix it before Mageia 4's end of life. If you are able to reproduce it 
against a later version of Mageia, you are encouraged to click on "Version" and 
change it against that version of Mageia. If it's valid in several versions, 
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Comment 3 Marja Van Waes 2015-10-27 06:56:36 CET
As announced over a month ago, Mageia 4 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2015-09-19. It is is no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further security or bug fix updates.

This issue may have been fixed in a later Mageia release, so, if you still see it and didn't already do so: please upgrade to Mageia 5 (or, if you read this much later than this is written: make sure you run a currently maintained Mageia version)

If you are able to reproduce it against a maintained version of Mageia, you are encouraged to 
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Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => OLD


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