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This started as a thread in -boot. I selected relevant mails and I paste
them below.
=== Original report
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 17:20:35 +0100
From: Christian Perrier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
While testing an installation in Dzongkha with the netinst CD, I
experienced corrupted display problems in the root password screen,
then later in all subsequent screens.
Apparently, some strings are replaced by squares, just as if some
glyphs were missing. However, this happens on *entire* screens, not
just with random glyphs being replaced by squares.
See screenshots listed at the end of this mail...
Also, one should note that the root passord selection screen is
slightly too long and one can easily miss the fact that there are two
input fields, one for the password and one for its confirmationas
the confirmation input dialog is hidden as the bottom (and users
might miss it).
Screenshots:
http://people.debian.org/~bubulle/di-dzongkha-root.png
http://people.debian.org/~bubulle/di-dzongkha-root2.png
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Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 17:34:29 +0100
From: Christian Perrier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Quoting Christian Perrier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
While testing an installation in Dzongkha with the netinst CD, I
experienced corrupted display problems in the root password screen,
then later in all subsequent screens.
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Apparently, some strings are replaced by squares, just as if some
glyphs were missing. However, this happens on *entire* screens, not
s/screens/strings
just with random glyphs being replaced by squares.
Actually, that seems to be a missing italic font.
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Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 08:28:51 +0100
From: Christian Perrier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Quoting Christian Perrier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
Apparently, some strings are replaced by squares, just as if some
glyphs were missing. However, this happens on *entire* screens, not
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s/screens/strings
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just with random glyphs being replaced by squares.
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Actually, that seems to be a missing italic font.
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More details...
Before the base system install step, everything is fine. The italic
font (which is used for messages that appear under progress bars and
the short description of select/multiselect/string debconf templates)
is properly displayed.
However, after the base system install, the first screen that comes
(the root password screen) and all screens that follow do not longer
have italics glyphs displayed. They're replaced by squares.
This is only happens, as of now, in Dzongkha installs. It does not
happen in other complex languages installs (an Hindi install is fine).
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Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:29:10 +0100
From: Christian Perrier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Quoting Christian Perrier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
While testing an installation in Dzongkha with the netinst CD, I
experienced corrupted display problems in the root password screen,
then later in all subsequent screens.
=20
Apparently, some strings are replaced by squares, just as if some
glyphs were missing. However, this happens on *entire* screens, not
just with random glyphs being replaced by squares.
=20
See screenshots listed at the end of this mail...
=20
Also, one should note that the root passord selection screen is
slightly too long and one can easily miss the fact that there are two
input fields, one for the password and one for its confirmationas
the confirmation input dialog is hidden as the bottom (and users
might miss it).
=20
Screenshots:
http://people.debian.org/~bubulle/di-dzongkha-root.png
http://people.debian.org/~bubulle/di-dzongkha-root2.png
OK, it took me a while before I could isolate a test case. That's a
very *weird* issue.
So, to reproduce that problem, you must do the following:
- boot the graphical installer
- choose Dzongkha as installation language. Than you'll get hard times
unless you were raised in Bhutan and can read it, but you can do
it..:-)
- always pick up default options until you reach the root password
setting screen. Please note that the last screen for partitioning
requires changing the No option to Yes (confirming that you
overwrite the disk). You can do this by just hitting the Down arrow
and then Enter
-When you reach the root password screen (which has a slider on the
right because the text is too long), deliberately enter two different
passwords so that D-I complains. Typing Root (first pwd), then Tab
twice (so that the password confirmation is empty), then Enter, is the
way to do it
- You then get the password mismatch screen...which seems correct,
but again has a slider on the right. Click on the slider and scroll
down. BLAM.the italic glyphs are replaced by squares and all
subsequent screens are also replaced by squares.
If you don't slide down in the
