I consulted with the people on #gaim and learned that using control-R resolves the problem.
Go to the preferences window where the black on black text box is shown (2.0b3 has this page at least) and click in the black box. Then use the control sequence. The next time an IM window is opened, the problem should be cleared up. -- Black background in conversations after upgrade to 2.0beta3 https://launchpad.net/bugs/52802 -- desktop-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
