gwibber colors clash with font, can't read anything

[clickwir]

Just upgraded from Kubuntu 11.10 to 12.04 beta and Gwibber loaded fine. However, I can barely read anything in the window. The text is black, like normal, but the background the text is on is dark grey/gadiant black. Like this: http://imgur.com/6AW9J

I've closed and reopened Gwibber. Rebooted. Checked the settings, but I dont see anything obvious that has anything to do with window colors.

Everything else, system wise, seems fine. Running Kopete looks normal, Firefox is fine.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gwibber 3.3.93-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.33-generic 3.2.12
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 1.95-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Mar 30 08:20:06 2012
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
SourcePackage: gwibber
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-30 (0 days ago)

[Bilal Shahid (s9iper1)]

thanks for the bug report
i can not reproduce it can you please define the steps to reproduce it ?

[Soren Mogensen (soren-mogensen)]

I am seeing this exact issue on my recently built Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit machine: Black text on a dark gradient (as earlier posted screenshot).

Have made few changes other than installing fglrx and xfce4, using the xfce-dusk theme (although, changing the xfce theme does not appear to change gwibber colors).

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx

This is a fresh install of Precise rather than an upgrade.

[Tim Cross (tcross)]

Just tried using gwibber today and experience exactly the same. Running 12.04, xfce, dark theme. Text almost unreadable because the message window is dark/black and so is the font. Also 64 bit

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for gwibber (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Edward (edward-p)]

its is related to your gtk theme. Get "tweak tool" or something similar to modify it.

[James (jim-warkior)]

Having the same problem. I'm using Ubuntu 12.10 with Cinnamon. Using default cinnamon theme with the following:
Window theme: Adwaita
Cursor theme: DMZ-White
Keybinding theme: Default
Icon theme: ubunto-mono-dark
GTK+ theme: Adwaita

Thanks for your help.

[James (jim-warkior)]

Fixed by switching to GTK+ theme: Radiance

[tsbertalan (09rp9wq1q-tom-anzd5soo2)]

I wouldn't call that a "fix".

Interestingly, the text is pretty readable when the window is inactive:
[IMG]http://i46.tinypic.com/faq5ba.png[/IMG]

but not when it's active
[IMG]http://i49.tinypic.com/33u3odg.png[/IMG]

Which makes me think that Gwibber is using the wrong styles or something. From the very few I have installed, the only other theme with which this happens is "Low Contrast" (I don't understand why that theme even exists, by the way. Who would want deliberately bad readability?) The HighContrast theme is also illegible, but invariant to the Active/Inactive modification. (HighContrastInverse is ok)

[tsbertalan (09rp9wq1q-tom-anzd5soo2)]

Come on, guys. This is with the Adwaita theme (one of the defaults).

[mac splean (macsplean)]

I am having this same problem.

I tried changing the theme and nothing fixed it.