Missing letters on new Mint Install

[jonezy187]

I have just installed Mint on a new PC build. I ran all the updates and upon restart letters are missing in the desktop and menus. I've attached a screenprint but have no idea why it is like this. If you look along the top you will see the date and time is missing along with part of my login name and at the bottom the Menu is totally missing. Within the menu all the applications have randomly missing letters.

I've done a quick google and some people are saying is an Nvidia update but I don't know how to fix this. Can anyone help?

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[Habitual]

Jonezy:

Do you have a Nvidia video card/adapter?

[jonezy187]

Jonezy:

Do you have a Nvidia video card/adapter?

No, I'm using the built in graphics of the mobo. But couldn't find any results in my search that didn't reference nvidia.

[Habitual]

Have you run

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sudo apt-get update

?

Ctrl+Alt+T should still give you a terminal to do so.

Let us know...

[jonezy187]

Run the update and everything installed except for some errors. posted below.

Err http://packages.medibuntu.org oneiric/free i386 Packages
Unable to connect to packages.medibuntu.org:http:
Err http://packages.medibuntu.org oneiric/non-free i386 Packages
Unable to connect to packages.medibuntu.org:http:
Err http://packages.medibuntu.org oneiric/free Translation-en_GB
Unable to connect to packages.medibuntu.org:http:
Err http://packages.medibuntu.org oneiric/free Translation-en
Unable to connect to packages.medibuntu.org:http:
Err http://packages.medibuntu.org oneiric/non-free Translation-en_GB
Unable to connect to packages.medibuntu.org:http:
Err http://packages.medibuntu.org oneiric/non-free Translation-en
Unable to connect to packages.medibuntu.org:http:
Fetched 83.4 kB in 2min 0s (693 B/s)
W: Failed to fetch http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/one ... 6/Packages Unable to connect to packages.medibuntu.org:http:

W: Failed to fetch http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/one ... 6/Packages Unable to connect to packages.medibuntu.org:http:

W: Failed to fetch http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/one ... tion-en_GB Unable to connect to packages.medibuntu.org:http:

W: Failed to fetch http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/one ... slation-en Unable to connect to packages.medibuntu.org:http:

W: Failed to fetch http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/one ... tion-en_GB Unable to connect to packages.medibuntu.org:http:

W: Failed to fetch http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/one ... slation-en Unable to connect to packages.medibuntu.org:http:

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

[jonezy187]

Looks like it is the ATI proprietary driver that is causing the problem? Anyone else had the same thing?

[Lateralis]

Yes!

On two different machines. I don't know what it is exactly, but it would appear the proprietary drivers do not work well with Gnome 3. (I am unsure about KDE, Xfce etc...) I am using the bog standard open source drivers for one machine and the built-in Intel graphics in the i5 processor for the other. Both work OK.

[Lateralis]

Addendum: See this link: viewtopic.php?f=49&t=97315

Dunno why I didn't think of that!

[jonezy187]

I might try that tonight and see if it works.

[jonezy187]

Solved it. It problem with the fglrx proprietary drivers. Just downloaded them from the and website and all works fine now.