gnome shell very dark + a couple more problems

[Nicolas de Fontenay <n_de_fontenay yahoo com>]

Hi.

I've just installed gnome shell.

On running the command gnome-shell --replace & in terminal, I got a black top panel. the date/time and activities menu are not showing properly unless I click on it in which case I can have a sense of it.

The terminal window I used turned into a white box with some noisy lines on it.
in overlay mode the Applications, Places and recent documents are all dark. I can hardly read the titles.

This is it. I'm kind of lost now. I'm not too sure what else I could give you guys as a feedback. If there's any log i could share with you, let me know where I can get it.

I could also make a screen of it.

Nico