LMDE Gnome 3 missing letters in desktop menus

[Fornhamfred]

I have updated to Update 4 and on the gnome 3 desktop the menus are missing letters, as far as I can see they are e,i,c,m,n,u. There are no letters missing from any of the app descriptions just seems to be top and bottom panels. All mentions of this seem to relate to nvidia drivers but my machine has integrated Intel graphics.

[äxl]

Could you post the output of:
inxi -Fxc 0

[Fornhamfred]

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wilf@lmde:~$ inxi -Fxc 0
System:    Host lmde Kernel 3.2.0-2-486 i686 (32 bit) Distro Linux Mint Debian Edition
CPU:       Single core Intel Pentium 4 (-UP-) cache 1024 KB flags (sse sse2 sse3) bmips 5586.09 clocked at 2793.045 MHz 
Graphics:  Card Intel 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller X.Org 1.11.4 Res: 1280x1024@60.0hz 
           GLX Renderer Mesa DRI Intel 865G x86/MMX/SSE2 GLX Version 1.3 Mesa 7.11.2 Direct Rendering Yes
Audio:     Card Intel 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller driver snd_intel8x0 at ports ee00 edc0 BusID: 00:1f.5
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Version 1.0.24
Network:   Card-1 Intel 82562EZ 10/100 Ethernet Controller driver e100 v: 3.5.24-k2-NAPI at port ddc0 BusID: 01:08.0
           Card-2 D-Link System DGE-530T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter driver skge v: 1.14 at port de00 BusID: 01:00.0
Disks:     HDD Total Size: 200.0GB (9.3% used) 1: /dev/sda WDC_WD400BB 40.0GB 
           2: /dev/sdb WDC_WD1600AAJB 160.0GB 
Partition: ID:/ size: 12G used: 6.8G (62%) fs: rootfs ID:/ size: 12G used: 6.8G (62%) fs: ext4 
           ID:/home size: 9.8G used: 1.8G (20%) fs: ext4 
Info:      Processes 139 Uptime 3 min Memory 240.2/1262.9MB Runlevel 2 Client Shell inxi 1.4.23

EDIT: After the above post I have found that by increasing the Text scaling factor in Advanced Settings to 1.2 all the text is now visible.
Thanks for your interest.

[Fornhamfred]

I thought I had solved the problem but the setting for the Text scaling changes every time I log in. Is there a file which can be manually amended?

[äxl]

This command produces the same for me:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface text-scaling-factor '1.2'

Maybe you could put it in .profile ...

[Fornhamfred]

Sorry where is the .profile file?

[äxl]

Home - it's hidden. Type in console:

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gedit ~/.profile

Although there are other ways for autostarts. This example only works for your profile.

[Fornhamfred]

Unfortunately no good.

Tried adding an instruction to startup applications but that had no effect. I have tried changing various settings but once the system is restarted again the letters are missing. The instructions do not hold.

[äxl]

Unfortunately no good.

Works for me. You sure you're using the right file? Let's see:

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cat ~/.profile

Tried adding an instruction to startup applications but that had no effect. I have tried changing various settings but once the system is restarted again the letters are missing. The instructions do not hold.

The command should look like this I assume:

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sh -c "gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface text-scaling-factor '1.2'"

[mank_in]

I am not using LMDE, but in LM 12 Main Edition i865G cannot works in Gnome shell . I read in fedora forum , i8xx chipsets are blacklisted from ever running the Shell.