Netscape displays similar boxes when it doesn't have a font to deal with a
foreign language.  My only guess is that during the upgrade process the newer
version of GTK doesn't know where the fonts are or can't use them.

Nathan Saper wrote:
> 
> After a recent "apt-get dist-upgrade," some GTK applications began
> displaying rectangles instead of text.  I haven't been able to find the
> cause of it; I didn't uninstall any fonts, and only GTK applications are
> affected.  I have GTK 1.2 installed.
> 
> Here's a screenshot of the newsreader Pan, illustrating the font problem I'm
> talking about:
> 
> http://www.well.com/user/natedog/gtkshot.jpg
> 
> Any ideas?
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