bug#57242: closed (GNOME is missing default font (cantarell))

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--- Begin Message --- Subject: GNOME is missing default font (cantarell) Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2022 12:04:48 +0200 User-agent: Evolution 3.42.1

## Steps to reproduce

The following steps assume you are using Guix System with GNOME desktop.

1. Boot with a 5.18 kernel

2. Connect with GDM / X11 to the Gnome desktop

## Expected result

+ The gnome desktop interface uses the default Cantarell font (as in 5.17 kernel)

+ Cantarell font is available in applications (for example LibreOffice)

## Unexpected result

+ the Cantarell, font which is the default font of the gnome desktop, is not used in the Gnome interface

+ gnome-tweaks, which allows to select the interface font, does not list the Cantarell font

+ Cantarell font is not proposed by LibreOffice 7.5.3 either

see: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2022-08/msg00110.html

## Workaround

Thank to https://luis-felipe.gitlab.io/:

1. guix install font-abattis-cantarell

2. fc-cache -rv

3. Reload GNOME Shell (press Alt+F2, type the letter r in the command box, and press Enter)

see: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2022-08/msg00115.html

## System information

GNOME 40.4

GNU Guix 8337787

Guix system 64 bit / X11

Kernel 5.18.12, 5.18.14, 5.18.16

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> Re: bug#57242: GNOME is missing default font (cantarell)
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> Fri, 19 Aug 2022 10:34:49 -0400
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> Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.1 (gnu/linux)
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> Hello,
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> Luis Felipe <luis.felipe.la@protonmail.com> writes:
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> > On Tuesday, August 16th, 2022 at 13:54, Liliana Marie Prikler 
> > <liliana.prikler@ist.tugraz.at> wrote:
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> >> Am Dienstag, dem 16.08.2022 um 12:04 +0200 schrieb Christophe Pisteur:
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> >> > ## Workaround
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> >> > Thank to https://luis-felipe.gitlab.io/:
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> >> > 1. guix install font-abattis-cantarell
> >> > 2. fc-cache -rv
> >> > 3. Reload GNOME Shell (press Alt+F2, type the letter r in the command
> >> > box, and press Enter)
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> >> Is the first step really needed? Cantarell should already be part of
> >> gnome-service-type.
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> > I just rolled back my profile to a generation previous to installing
> > (1), performed (2) and (3) again, and the desktop is still using
> > cantarell, so I it seems (1) is not needed after all.
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> >> In any case, troubles with fonts are to be expected under some
> >> circumstances. See `info "(guix)Application Setup"', particularly
> >> paragraph 2.6.3 X11 Fonts. Your issue also has probably little to do
> >> with linux-libre but rather the fact that an update from pre-5.18 to
> >> now brings in lots of package changes. IIRC the great Cantarell break
> >> was a rather recent event, though I'm not sure what caused it.
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> As Liliana mentioned, there may occasionally some issues with stale font
> cache, and the workaround is documented.  I'm not sure if this is the
> fault of GDM or fonconfig itself, although I've never had to run the
> command myself (not a GDM user), so perhaps the former.
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> If you manage to come up with a clear reproducer or pinpoint the exact
> cause, do open a new issue.
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> Closing for now,
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> Thanks for the report!
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> Maxim
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