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I’m running Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex 8.10 and after installing Adobe Flash and Adobe Air, I noticed that neither would display Chinese characters, instead just displaying those pesky little square boxes (囗囗囗囗）that all users of Chinese Ubuntu dread.

However, there is a fix for the problem - which seems to have something to do with this file:
/etc/fonts/conf.d/49-sansserif.conf

You simply need to change the below code:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
<!--
If the font still has no generic name, add sans-serif
-->
<match target="pattern">
<test qual="all" name="family" compare="not_eq">
<string>sans-serif</string>
</test>
<test qual="all" name="family" compare="not_eq">
<string>serif</string>
</test>
<test qual="all" name="family" compare="not_eq">
<string>monospace</string>
</test>
<edit name="family" mode="append_last">
<string>sans-serif</string>
</edit>
</match>
</fontconfig>


To the following:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
<!--
If the font still has no generic name, add sans-serif
-->
<match target="pattern">
<test qual="all" name="family" compare="not_eq">
<string>sans-serif</string>
</test>
<test qual="all" name="family" compare="not_eq">
<string>serif</string>
</test>
<test qual="all" name="family" compare="not_eq">
<string>monospace</string>
</test>
<edit name="family" mode="append_last">
<string>sans</string>
</edit>
</match>
</fontconfig>

Basically, you just change the “sans-serif” on one line to “sans”

Some users have suggested simply deleting the /etc/fonts/conf.d/49-sansserif.conf file (which is not actually a file but rather a symbolic link to /etc/fonts/conf.avail/49-sansserif.conf). This is not recommended as it is irreversible and furthermore for me it broke my logon screen - when I typed in my username and password I could only see some more boxes (even though I was typing in english).

Anyway, hope this is useful to somebody else out there. For more info, check this forum post.

It took me ages to find out which file defines the resume device for the suspend function in Ubuntu. Finally I find out it is at the location below:

/etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume

Just to point out a really useful article that I read that guides you through setting up attractive and rounded fonts on Ubuntu.

The font used is Vera Sans Yuan Ti (Verasansyuanti)

http://wiki.ubuntu.org.cn/如何使用圆体来美化

To uninstall Google Earth simply fire up a terminal, head to the directory where it was installed and enter the following command.

./uninstall

That should be it