Re: 'Applications -> Preferences -> Font' not working.

[Adam Bogacki <afb@paradise.net.nz>]

Thanks, I understood you correctly but I thought it worth a try.

Nevertheless, after todays 'dist-upgrade', the Applications -> 
Preferences panel works !

[... probably a dependency upgrade problem]

Thanks guys,

Adam Bogacki,
afb@paradise.net.nz

Matt Brubeck wrote:

> Adam Bogacki wrote:
>
>  
>
> > I installed 'metacity' to see if it would change anything, but no.
> >
> > I still can't access
> > Application -> Preferences -> [Fonts or Themes]
> >    
>
> Oops, sorry if my previous reply wasn't clear.  The relevant package is
> "libmetacity0", not metacity.
>
> Is libmetacity0 installed on your system?  Is it listed as 'broken'
> (non-configured)?  What version of the package is installed?
>
> Are the following files present on your system?
>
>  
>
> > > $ dpkg -S libmetacity-private
> > > libmetacity0: /usr/lib/libmetacity-private.so.0
> > > libmetacity0: /usr/lib/libmetacity-private.so.0.0.0
> > >      
>
> You can try configuring or re-installing libmetacity0, or (if those
> files are present but still not working) try running "ldconfig" as root.
>
> All necessary packages *should* be installed automatically by the
> dependency system.  However, if an error during a "dist-upgrade" went
> unnoticed, it could prevent some necessary packages from being fully
> installed or configured.
>
>
>