Bug#1111967: upgrade-reports: May be due to font Cantarell v 0.303.1-3 + 0.303.1-4
Package: upgrade-reports
Followup-For: Bug #1111967
X-Debbugs-Cc: axst@users.sourceforge.net
package: fonts-cantarell
changelog for v 0.303.1-3:
- Explicitly build and install only the variable font
- switch to variable font
changelog for v 0.303.1-4:
- Create a debian/NEWS file to inform users about the requirement to restart the desktop session immediately after the font upgrade
During the minimal upgrade from Bookworm to Trixie, first all characters in the texts in
window decorations, menus &c. (which use Cantarell) disappeared and were replaced by
boxes, then the Gonme terminal crashed (disappeared) when I tried to open a new tab and
could not be restarted. The Gnome session became unusable (white error screen).
On a console terminal not used by Gnome I could see (ps -AHf) that Apt was still working
using /dev/pts/1. When it had stopped working I could continue the upgrade process on the
console.
GDM and Gnome only became usable again after ‘apt full-upgrade.’
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