So, no one has any ideas? Would it help to state that this renders LyX completely useless? The black print on black background of the menus means that one has to both memorize all the keyboard commands, as well as know the name of the file you would like to open.
thanks. On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 11:30:07 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've been a LyX user for a bout 5 years now, and am having trouble with > one particular machine that I cannot figure out. I've run the -dbg > switches, and nothing obvious pops out. It may be [is likely] a > problem with one of the underlying programs, not necessarily LyX > itself, but if anyone has seen this before, maybe they can help. > > System: FreeBSD 4.11, old Compaq server [Intel PII 300, SCSI RAID] > This is an Xclient only. Serves up LyX [among other things] to various > workstations running either cygwin or FreeBSD. > > When LyX starts up, everything looks normal *except* the border area > [not the page area, which looks ok] where the scroll bars, tool bar > etc. are. The background here is *all black*, and only the toolbar > icons can be seen. When hitting <meta-F> the menu bar pops up, but is > all black. > > This is the same output whether viewing it on a cygwin workstation or a > real FreeBSD workstation. Window managers typically in use are > WindowMaker and Ion. > > Any thoughts? > > -- > > 72, Jim -- 72, Jim N0OCT
