<div dir="ltr">Hi Zhihang: Try the following command to see whether this can fix the issue. # aptitude install xfonts-utils <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 10:34 AM, zhihang wang <<a href="mailto:zhihang.wang@gmail.com">zhihang.wang@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr">When I upgrade my 6.06 to 8.04 directly by update from the internet, an error occure. The error message is: Unpacking xfonts-scalable (from .../xfonts-scalable_1%3a1.0.0-6_all.deb) ... Setting up xfonts-scalable (1:1.0.0-6) ... usage error: unrecognized option Usage: update-fonts-dir DIRECTORY ... update-fonts-dir { -h | --help } This program is a wrapper for mkfontdir(1x) that is primarily useful to Debian package maintainer scripts. See update-fonts-dir for more information. Options: -h, --help display this usage message and exitdpkg: error processing xfonts-scalable (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: xfonts-scalable E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Now I can't enter gnome. How to restore my 6.06 or continue to upgrade? -- Best Regards zhihang wang </div> -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div> -- Cheers Philip Jin </div>