Re: Gtk apps have black menu background

[Brian <cabernet webshield net au>]

On Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 12:26:58PM +0200, David Nečas (Yeti) wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 11:52:26AM +0930, Brian wrote:
> > 
> > Suse 9.2 with updates - On AMD64
> > 
> > All of my gtk applications have this problem. The menu list has a black
> > background. Dragging the cursor over them reveals the menu text just enough
> > to read the list. All of the programs work ok.
> > Background: Last year I tried to upgrade to a recent version of Gnucash. It
> > required a new gtk2. The menu problem started at that point. I downgraded
> > gtk and dropped the upgrade and all was well. Now I have installed the new
> > Gnucash 2.0 and its dependencies. It is very good software. But the menu problem has
> > returned.
> > It affects Gimp, Synaptic, Gnucash, gtkam, GQview etc. 
> > 
> > While  running "smart --gui" I get this error. Is this something to look at?
> > 
> > (smart:30596): Gdk-WARNING **: gdk_window_set_back_pixmap(): pixmap must
> > have a colormap
> 
> I recall this problem on some older SuSE -- 9.2 could be --
> but everything I remember about the solution is that some
> library in the Gtk+ stack was too old or too new, or
> otherwise mismatched with the rest, and it was solved by
> upgrading or downgrading something.  Unfortunately I can't
> recall which library needed to be upgraded or downgraded.
> 

Are there any tests that can be run to help with diagnosis ?

Brian

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