On Fri 24 May 2013 at 21:19:48 -0400, Larry Johnson wrote: > I mostly need advice on how to follow up with a bug report (and what > additional info I might need to pull together). > > I'm new to debian, but not to GNU/Linux. I just installed Debian 7, and my > install seems to be afflicted with a very old bug which was closed with no > resolution. > > It was bug 636874 "gnome-shell: random characters are missing"
To say that #636874 had 'no resolution' is not quite correct; the bug submitter reported there was no longer an issue with the display. Your issue may have similar symptoms but a different cause. > On boot my top bar and menu lack the letters 'a' 'r' 's' and 't' > > I submitted a report and will dig through and see if a more recent report > on the same issue was filed (the report spanned 2011 and 2012), but is > anyone else experiencing this? Should I just wait patiently for a response > to my report? Considering it is a new install (done by selecting a DE via d-i, we assume) you have nothing to lose by reinstalling. Also, the video system may be the culprit. 'lspci' will give you information on it which you could post here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130525101710.GF3596@desktop
