Opened 6 years ago
Closed 7 months ago
#14972 closed bug (fixed)
If you use custom font for OS and run updates with that font, it get really weird
| Reported by: | konrad | Owned by: | bonefish |
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| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | Unscheduled |
| Component: | Servers/package_daemon | Version: | R1/Development |
| Keywords: | Font SoftwareUpdater | Cc: | |
| Blocked By: | Blocking: | ||
| Platform: | All |
Description
I had the IBM Plex font as my default font for the OS. After running a Softaware update where the updater tried to update my Plex font, the OS couldnt no longer display menus etc. I had to hard reset my system.
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Change History (6)
by , 6 years ago
| Attachment: | Skärmavbild 2019-03-22 kl. 19.21.57.png added |
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comment:1 by , 6 years ago
| Component: | Applications/SoftwareUpdater → Servers/package_daemon |
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| Owner: | changed from to |
Probably package_daemon de-activated the font package while it was still in use.
comment:2 by , 5 years ago
What would be the appropriate fix for this? I guess app_server should be able to fall back to default fonts if the configured one disappears. And then reload if the user chosen one comes back. But that might result in an annoying font flash. Maybe app_server is too aggressive in reloading fonts if the font directory has changes. I haven't looked at that code though.
Feels more like an app_server bug than package_daemon though.
comment:3 by , 5 years ago
Yes, this had already been problematic before package daemon was introduced.
I would say app_server should keep an open file handle to any font file that's in use and not let them go away? Now we need to decide what "in use" means, however.
comment:5 by , 7 months ago
| Resolution: | → fixed |
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| Status: | new → closed |
Closing, please reopen if still reproduced.
Font bug