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From: Feng Shu <tumashu@163.com>
To: Taiju HIGASHI <higashi@taiju.info>
Cc: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: CJK font issues on GDM screen
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2022 08:23:11 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87pmlkecnk.fsf@163.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87h76xyuya.fsf@taiju.info> (Taiju HIGASHI's message of "Wed, 13 Apr 2022 22:27:41 +0900")

Taiju HIGASHI <higashi@taiju.info> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I am not currently having trouble, but I do have one question.
>
> I have had trouble displaying CJK fonts on the GDM screen.
>
> I have followed the steps below to install Guix initially, which
> allows me to temporarily display CJK fonts on the GDM screen.
>
> 1. Specify `ja_JP.utf8` as locale on the graphical installation screen.
> 2. Set CJK fonts to be installed globally.
> 3. Execute the installation.
>
> However, if I run `guix system reconfigure` after this, I cannot see
> the CJK fonts on the GDM screen. (The letters will be tofu.)

I have faced the same problem, so I have switched to use slim, which 
*only* show English, so have no this problem :-\

>
> I asked on #guix on IRC and was given a solution, so I am not
> troubled, but the following questions remain.
>
> https://logs.guix.gnu.org/guix/2022-04-09.log#174359
>
>   1. Why do I see CJK fonts on the GDM screen after setting the locale
>      and installing CJK fonts during the initial installation?
>   2. Why can't I see CJK fonts on the GDM screen after running `guix
>      system reconfigure`?
>
> Is there a special process to generate a font cache during initial
> installation?
> Also, is that process absent when the system is reconfigured?
>
> I feel that it would be desirable for the system to behave the same
> when reconfigured as when initially installed.
>
> Thank you.

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  reply	other threads:[~2022-04-14  0:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-04-13 13:27 CJK font issues on GDM screen Taiju HIGASHI
2022-04-14  0:23 ` Feng Shu [this message]
2022-04-14  5:26   ` Taiju HIGASHI
2022-04-14  7:35     ` Feng Shu
2022-04-14 11:28 ` Feng Shu

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