This fix seems to solve the problem.
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This bug was fixed in the package software-center - 13.10-0ubuntu4.2
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* debian/patches/07_lp899878.patch
- Added support for Adwaita Dark theme variant to fix LP: #899878
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I confirm that software-center 13.10-0ubuntu4.2 works now with the
Adwaita theme Dark variant on Ubuntu GNOME 14.04.
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Hello Alexander, or anyone else affected,
Accepted software-center into trusty-proposed. The package will build
now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-
center/13.10-0ubuntu4.2 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed
repository.
Please help us by testing this new
@hexcube, Actually Software Center has been removed from zesty but
software-center bugs still need to be fixed for yakkety and xenial
before or at the same time as trusty.
Thank you, Bruce. I uploaded your update. It will be need to be manually
approved before it will be available in
@jbicha Thanks for explaining the SRU policy. So, SRUs are about
backporting patches from newer Ubuntu releases without adding extra
features, ryt? In that case, I think I should submit the feature patch
for the current development release like u pointed out.
@octoquad Referred ur previous
@jbicha,
Let's get my patch in now so we can at least fix colors for default
themes. I would look to test hexcube's changes with a few dark themes
first. hexcube, Please also see my previous comment
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-
center/+bug/899878/comments/39 regarding other
hexcube, SRU policy is that fixes must land in newer Ubuntu releases
first (Xenial and Yakkety). Please submit a new bug for the new issue.
Bruce, do you want this uploaded now or should we wait for hexcube's
addition?
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Better late than never.
"Bug #899878 reported by Alexander Kabakow on 2011-12-04"
"Narcis Garcia wrote on 2014-07-15: Affects Ubuntu-Gnome 14.04"
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> Does the SRU process continue even after the point releases?
Yes. Updates still happen even if new install media isn't generated.
That's part of what "supported" mean; updates are released to fix high
priority bugs.
You can see these updates at
@octoquad I appreciate the effort u took in backporting the patch, but
now that Ubuntu 14.04LTS's final point release (14.04.5) is already
released, I wonder if this patch can still make it into Trusty repos.
Does the SRU process continue even after the point releases?
Don't mean to belittle
Thanks @octoquad!
Applied your debdiff patch and tested. Replaced these 3 files with the
patched one:
/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/utils.py
/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/view/catview.py
** Description changed:
+ [Impact]
+
+ * A user is unable to view the text within the software center
+ application which makes the application almost unusable.
+
+ * Ubuntu GNOME users that are currently using a dark theme with an LTS
+ release requested that the fix be backported to trusty
Managed to get around to patching Trusty this evening. Tested on both
Ubuntu GNOME and Ubuntu Unity with both dark and light themes.
** Patch added: "Debdiff for Trusty"
** Also affects: software-center (Ubuntu Trusty)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu Trusty)
Status: New => In Progress
** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu Trusty)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Bruce Pieterse (octoquad)
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Tested with Ubuntu Gnome 16.04 Live (daily build 2016.01.10) and seems
to have this problem in default desktop theme but not with
"Global dark theme".
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@octoquad , I downloaded the modified files from your branch
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~octoquad/software-center/899878-hardcoded-
colors-dark-theme/revision/3326 and used them to directly replace the
corresponding files in `/usr/share/software-center/*` . I wouldn't
normally replace files like
HEXCube, thanks for testing. The only thing I was slightly concerned
about is the detection of the gnome dark theme in
softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/utils.py. You can also use the original stipple
and reduce the opacity to 0.3 or lower( to go darker). I dropped the
transparent stipple as it was harder to
@octoquad That's great! If the fix is backported, I can do the testing
and verification
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Narcis and HEXcube, I'll see what I can do. I don't have a time frame as
yet but I'll keep you updated on the progress.
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Since Ubuntu 15.10"Wily"'s getting EOL'd in 9 months and Software
Center's gonna be dropped from Ubuntu 16.04LTS, I think the most
relevant place for this fix is Ubuntu 14.04LTS "Trusty Tahr". Like
@narcisgarcia pointed out, Software Center on 14.04LTS shouldn't be left
unfixed for 5 years until
Narcis,
This was only fixed for Wily (15.10). I don't think this fix will be
backported to trusty or vivid unfortunately.
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Really unfortunate if fix is not backported to Ubuntu Trusty (14.04 LTS).
With this scenario, this "obsolete" bug will be present whole LTS lifecycle (up
to 2019)
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Today:
- In Trusty repositories I just see software-center updated to version
13.10-0ubuntu4.1
- In Vivid repositories I just see software-center updated to version
13.10-0ubuntu6.1
How is the process/time to be this released fix available for normal updates?
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** Changed in: ubuntu-gnome
Status: In Progress => Fix Released
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This bug was fixed in the package software-center - 13.10-0ubuntu8
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[ Iain Lane ]
* 07_bzr_add_style_class_actionbar.patch:
Add a style class for the action bar, so that we can give it some theming.
[ Bruce Pieterse
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New workaround:
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install lubuntu-software-center
$ sudo apt-get remove software-center
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Every once in a while I forget why I don't use Ubuntu Software Center...
but then I start it and remember why... I can't read anything (white
font on white background). This has been a weird situation because I
run a lot of apps and NONE have this problem with the current theme that
I use.
I
I took some time to test out Matthews idea about the transparent
stipple. I have attached some screen shots which show the stipple in
different states:
1. The original
2. Transparent
3. Original with custom Adwaita CSS
4. Transparent with custom Adwaita CSS
5. Transparent with custom Adwaita CSS
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Milestone: None = wily
** Tags added: vivid wiley
** Tags removed: wiley
** Tags added: wily
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Oh, here is the stipple recreated in GIMP if anybody wants to play
around with it. Omadas, I totally missed your comment and attachment!
** Attachment added: Stipple with layers recreated in GIMP
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/+bug/899878/+attachment/4427907/+files/Stipple.xcf
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Matthew, The file stipple.png is corrupt and will not open in gimp or
image viewer, some kind of obfuscation maybe?
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Here is the transparent stipple.png. Let me know if you need any other
images.
** Attachment added: Stipple with transparent background.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/899878/+attachment/4427825/+files/stipple.png
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u ubuntu-software-center development group... seriously you cannot fix
this small bug since 2011? It's 4 years already!
It pissed me that already many times I had to do workaround for this...
Please don't forget to tap it affects me too maybe they will woke up
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Jakey_TheSnake: but the front page still looks terrible thanks to the
hardcoded background: http://i.imgur.com/Z1J9K42.png;
So anyone fluent with Gimp could fix that part, even if you aren't a
coder: edit or redraw http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntuone-control-
Bruce's is not a fix for this bug. It's a workaround, because the bug is
at Software center application.
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I think the images look great.
On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 1:22 PM, David Biesack 899...@bugs.launchpad.net
wrote:
keying a fix for this general problem to a specific theme seems like the
wrong solution. The proper fix is to just honor the theme's
foreground/background colors, whether it is
I am seeing this bug on my MacBook Pro and MacBook Air
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I've started working on a patch for this two weeks ago and I'm hoping
that I can get this finished by next week.
Currently I have a problem getting the fake ratings API to work under
Ubuntu Gnome, but I have a work around in mind.
This is a separate style sheet that will only load if Adwaita is
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keying a fix for this general problem to a specific theme seems like the
wrong solution. The proper fix is to just honor the theme's
foreground/background colors, whether it is Adwaita or some thing
different.
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Guys. If you posted a small bounty on https://www.bountysource.com/ you
might get a quick resolution to this bug. When the bug doesn't effect
the default path that is kinda how free software works if you don't have
the personal ability to fix the bug.
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Considering that ubuntu software center is the go to place when new
users are installing packages, this issue should have been resolved a
long time IMHO. The css file proposed by Tommy (post #13) makes the
application usable again. I can't be assumed that new users all use the
light theme...
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More than 4 years with this bug not being fixed, this is why i use
synaptic.
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Does anybody here understand how we can/whether it's possible to get the
theme colours into CSS? Sort of like gtk:bg[NORMAL] in the XML
metacity themes.
https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/gtk-migrating-GtkStyleContext-
css.html
This page may be useful, but I don't fully understand it.
'Stipple.png' is hardcoded in /usr/share/software-
center/softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/views/catview.py:
jake@janux:/usr/share/software-center$ grep -r stipple *
Binary file softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/views/catview.pyc matches
softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/views/catview.py:
Why is this still not fixed? it seems like it wouldn't be that hard, and
it has been years since it was first reported.
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Also present in Gnome 14.10 with staging ppa.
** Also affects: ubuntu-gnome
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: ubuntu-gnome
Importance: Undecided = Medium
** Changed in: ubuntu-gnome
Status: New = Confirmed
** Tags removed: oneiric saucy
** Tags added: amd64
Also affects freshly installed 15.04 release candidate as of 26th of
January.
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If it was simply changes to the general case and those exact CSS classes
we added to Ambiance/Radiance the issue would be solved it would solve
problems with several other themes.. Further hardcoding of the CSS
worse.
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I have the same problem here.
Please, fix it.
And, HARDCODE is never an option.
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Affects Ubuntu-Gnome 14.04
Solution A) All colors hardcodes
Solution B) All collors from environment theme
The mix is the problem.
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Or maybe hardcode everything.
If you make an application with hardcoded BG color, your text over that
background SHOULD use hardcoded font color.
App content should use just theme colors or should use just hardcoded colors...
not both.
You can't mix things up.
That practice is not functional and
A better solution would be to separate the CSS from the USC altogether
and let themes dictate what the software centre looks like as the
hardcoded nature of the CSS means other problems arise for theme
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To all you people who want a temporary fix.. This is what I did (look
inside the file and first 2 lines..) I changed the colors of the
background that way. It /kindof/ fixes it.. but at least you can read
most things.. just not when the windows is off focus.
File is at
Auroral, what happens if that CSS rule is removed? Is the selected row
still an appropriate color? If so, perhaps you could attach a patch that
removes it. Thanks!
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Hi, I'm currently developing/designing a Gtk theme which sets a white
background for GtkTreeView:selected. In the softwarecenter.css file, the
background is hard coded to be selection_bg_color, meaning that the red
(which is the selection bg color defined in my theme) text is invisible
on the red
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I tried both default themes Radiance and Ambience in Ubuntu 12.04 to check if
they work well with killhellokitty's CSS file. Everything seems to be okay,
except for selected items' text color in list view. Both background and
foreground are light colors. this is because the CSS file was
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(I reported the incorrect patch detection as bug 1246487.)
HEXcube, thank you for that research. I think the next steps towards
getting this bug fixed are:
A. Replace USC's normal CSS file with killhellokitty's CSS file, to see if it
works in both of the standard Ubuntu themes.
B. If it does
I can't believe that this bug started in Oneiric(maybe even before that) and
it's still not fixed after Raring (as per
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/913933 ). Ubuntu
Software Center is a core feature of Ubuntu distribution and yet such a bug
which affects its
I forgot to mention : i'm using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with Ubuntu Software
Center ver 5.2.9 . The fix is from
hellokitten/killhelllokitty(https://launchpad.net/~killhellokitty)'s
Delorean Dark 1.55 theme(PPA-
https://launchpad.net/~killhellokitty/+archive/themes.ppa)
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** Also affects: software-center
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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It's the same with freshly installed 12.04
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I've been poking about, but there are a lot of files associated with the
software center, so if one of you could tell me which of those to edit,
I'll happy do it manually for now. I tried editing /usr/share/software-
center/ui/gtk3/css/softwarecenter.css, but a;as, while I could change
some colors
(Sorry--I missed the obvious. Went back and changed the line @define-
color super-light-aubergine #F4F1F3 to @define-color super-light-
aubergine #6d6d6d; and it's working fine for now.)
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