If you are running Natty, then update package friendly-recovery to the latest version would fix your problem. If you are running Oneiric or newer, it isn't affected by this bug.
If you are running older versions than Natty, then sorry they aren't getting the fixes in any updates till now. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Translations Coordinators, which is subscribed to Ubuntu Translations. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/573502 Title: unreadable characters in recovery mode Status in Ubuntu Japanese Kaizen Project: Fix Released Status in Ubuntu Translations: Fix Released Status in “friendly-recovery” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “language-pack-ja-base” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “language-pack-zh-hans-base” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS there are unreadable characters in recovery mode for Japanese installations of lucid. [Take a look at the linked screenshots and you should be able to figure it out] http://launchpadlibrarian.net/47192384/Ubuntu%2010.04%20LTS%20Lucid%20Lynx%20%28Installed%29%20%5B%E5%AE%9F%E8%A1%8C%E4%B8%AD%5D%20-%20VirtualBox%20OSE_001.png translated point: /usr/share/locale-langpack/ja/LC_MESSAGES/friendly-recovery.mo https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/lucid/+source/friendly-recovery/+pots/friendly-recovery/ja/+translate tranlated point of "OK" and "Cancel" /usr/share/locale-langpack/ja/LC_MESSAGES/newt.mo https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/lucid/+source/newt/+pots/newt/ja/+translate To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-jp-improvement/+bug/573502/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-translations-coordinators Post to : ubuntu-translations-coordinators@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-translations-coordinators More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp