I'm having the exact same problem here. There are 2 threads on the forum which seem to be related: http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1264361#post1264361 http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=76046&page=5
Doing apt-get install xfs apt-get install --reinstall xfonts-base seems to fix the problem for some people but i'm having no succes so far.. -- fonts path mixed up /usr/share/fonts/X11 /usr/share/X11/fonts https://launchpad.net/bugs/66809 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs