Public bug reported: I am using empathy in kubuntu 12.04. When selecting text in empathy, either in the history or at the input, the text color is switched to white, but the background color stays also white. So you'll end up with white text color at white background. The text is marked correctly and you can copy it. I think empathy does in ~/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals not consider the
[Colors:Selection] BackgroundNormal=67,172,232 but stays with [Colors:View] BackgroundNormal=255,255,255 As a "workaround" you can change [Colors:View] BackgroundNormal to something different than white, but then your complete desktop is changing ... ** Affects: empathy (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to empathy in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1059767 Title: Empathy wrong background color selection in kubuntu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/1059767/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs