After further checking and testing, I've found that many existing gtk themes are not updated for gtk 3.4.x.
I've now selected the Adwaita theme, and the problems on evolution, gnome, etc where black text appears on black are gone. There also appears to be a need to have a ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini file with the correct gtk settings. This has been tested on an openbox environment, and I expect it is the same for xfce. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-terminal in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/980710 Title: black font on black background in xfce terminal Status in “gnome-terminal” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Fresh 12.04 beta 2 install, added gnome, xfce4 and synaptic, all packages up to , didn't customize any settings yet Loging in with xfce as session type, picking "Terminal Emulator" from the XFCE menu. Gnome Terminal starts but only shows a black content area, only after disabling "use colors from system theme" in the default profile i'm getting a readable font/background color combination ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: gnome-terminal 3.4.0.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Apr 13 12:55:29 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-terminal InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120328) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-terminal UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/980710/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
