Bug 1224424 - some format descriptions display blocks instead of characters
Summary: some format descriptions display blocks instead of characters
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Status: CLOSED EOL
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: plasma-desktop
Version: 22
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KDE SIG
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2015-05-22 22:36 UTC by René Genz
Modified: 2016-07-19 14:12 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2016-07-19 14:12:50 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description René Genz 2015-05-22 22:36:24 UTC
Description of problem:
In KDE locale configuration some descriptions are displayed as quadratic blocks, not characters.

I guess this is the correct package because `kcmshell5 formats` is used by
/usr/share/kservices5/formats.desktop
which is part of plasma-desktop.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
plasma-desktop.x86_64                5.3.0-6.fc22

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. log in to KDE session
2. $ kcmshell5 formats
3. scroll 'Region' drop down list nearly to bottom to see affected items

Actual results:
characters of some descriptions are displayed as block;
list of items affected from top to bottom (items in one line are grouped):
zgh_MA, shi_MA, wal_ET, ti_ET, am_ET, ti_ER, byn_ER, tig_ER
gu_IN
chr_US, vai_LR
ii_CN, en_US  

Expected results:
use of characters in description

Additional info:

Comment 1 Rex Dieter 2015-05-22 22:51:22 UTC
I presume that means there are no fonts currently available to display those glyphs

I wouldn't necessarily consider that a bug.

Comment 2 René Genz 2015-05-23 00:24:36 UTC
I was under the impression I had installed all fonts due to the output of:
$ dnf group install -y with-optional fonts
...
Group 'Fonts' is already installed, skipping.
...

$ dnf group install -y with-optional legacy-fonts
...
Group 'Legacy Fonts' is already installed, skipping.
...

Just to be sure all fonts are installed I executed the following commands:
$ dnf group mark remove fonts
$ dnf group install -y with-optional fonts
$ dnf group mark remove legacy-fonts
$ dnf group install -y with-optional legacy-fonts
$ reboot

The list of affected locales shrinked to:
zgh_MA, shi_MA
gu_IN
vai_LR

After reinstalling my Fedora 22 machine from scratch I will update with my findings.

Comment 3 René Genz 2015-06-06 14:27:29 UTC
After reinstalling F22 several times here are my findings.
Using a kickstart installation with the section
--8<--
%packages
@^kde-desktop-environment
@fonts --optional
@legacy-fonts --optional
chrony
%end
--8<--
$ kcmshell5 formats
near the bottom:
zgh_MA
shi_MA
wal_ET
ti_ET
am_ET
ti_ER
byn_ER
tig_ER
gu_IN
chr_US
vai_LR
ii_CN
en_US
description shown as rectangular blocks



Reinstalling using a kickstart file with the section
--8<--
%packages
@^kde-desktop-environment
@fonts --optional
chrony
%end
--8<--
$ kcmshell5 formats
near the bottom:
en_US
description is displayed as empty spaces
gu_IN
description is displayed as rectangular blocks



Reinstalling F22 manually using GUI and 'KDE Plasma Desktop' product results in the environment of the first post.
However, after executing the commands as root:
$ dnf install -y "*font*" && reboot
# log in to Plasma session
$ /usr/bin/fc-cache -fv
$ kcmshell5 formats
gu_IN
description shown as rectangular blocks



I could not find out which font package is missing with
$ strace kcmshell5 formats
or searching the internet for help.
Do you have any pointers?

Comment 4 Fedora End Of Life 2016-07-19 14:12:50 UTC
Fedora 22 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2016-07-19. Fedora 22 is
no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further
security or bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug.

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