Re: Windows version 5.1.1 font bug?
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- Subject: [mg54818] Re: [mg54810] Windows version 5.1.1 font bug?
- From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
- Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 22:29:07 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: Mathematics & Statistics, Univ. of Mass./Amherst
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A correction and some good (?) news.... Correction: the font problem with 5.1.1 I had was different from that with 5.1. With 5.1.1, the Front End would force a quit as soon as it started and gave the Startup Error message. Whereas with 5.1, the Front End would start, but the new symbols (e.g., the one for a Piecewise display) would not display. In the case of 5.1, and possibly 5.1.1 as well, the issue would seem to be a problem of getting the new fonts installed when there were existing ones from the previous version. The good (?) news: There's a workaround (similar to the one for 5.1): Delete all the Mathematica ttf fonts from Window\Fonts, then copy back there the ones in Mathematica5.1\SystemFiles\Fonts\TrueType. This is only a "good (?)" news rather than "good" news because the workaround seemed to be necessary, whereas the Windows font issue was supposed to have been solved in 5.1.1. Murray Eisenberg wrote: > I just installed Mathematica 5.1.1 under Windows XP Pro (after > uninstalling 5.1). I now have NO working version of Mathematica. > Perhaps some other early upgrader can help me even before Wolfram Tech > Support responds. > > As soon as the front end opens, I get a pop-up windows titled "Startup > Error" with contents: > > An error has occurred while Mathematica was starting up.... > Mathematica has detected a possible internal error. If possible > report the error to support at wolfram.com quoting > "Assertion 'b0k' failed at winFonts.c:601", and > describe in as much detail as possible what you were doing > when this error occurred. > > The error first appeared when, at the end of the installation process, I > opted to start Mathematica in order to enter my license information. > > It appeared again when I Quit and manually opened the front end from the > Start menu. > > I tried to fix this by first deleting all the Mathematica fonts from my > Windows\Fonts folders, uninstalling Mathematica 5.1.1, and then > re-installeding it. This does not remedy the problem. > > Note that trying to open forcing the Front End to open with the defaults > (i.e., holding down SHIFT-CONTROL during startup) does not remedy the > situation, either. > -- Murray Eisenberg murray at math.umass.edu Mathematics & Statistics Dept. Lederle Graduate Research Tower phone 413 549-1020 (H) University of Massachusetts 413 545-2859 (W) 710 North Pleasant Street fax 413 545-1801 Amherst, MA 01003-9305
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- Windows version 5.1.1 font bug?
- From: Murray Eisenberg <murray@math.umass.edu>
- Windows version 5.1.1 font bug?