gtk_entry field turning black in cygwin

["Timothy I. McGinnis" <tmcginnis synertechsystems com>]

I am having a problem with gtk_entry fields in a program compiled under cygwin.
I posted to both mailling lists because I am not certain who could help me best.

I have a very small program which just creates a window, a vbox and puts a
gtk_entry field in the vbox.  When I run the program the entry field looks fine
until I try to type in it.  Then the field turns black and I can't see what is
being typed.

I am using cygwin B20.1, gtk-win32 20000115 release compiling using gcc from the
cygwin distribution.

TIA

Tim McGinnis