This issue (which did not occur with a fresh install of 16.04) appears
to be related to the contents of file:
/usr/share/themes/Ambiance/gtk-2.0/gtkrc
At line 346 (at present) there is the following:
style "menu" = "dark" {
Changing it to:
style "menu" {
... resolves this particular issue, however I'm not sure what side-
effects that would have. In the original release the line was like that
in the first place, so it would have been changed for a reason.
Screenshots of "before" and "after" that change can be seen here:
https://askubuntu.com/a/1014016/425017
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Title:
Program sub menus dark gray on black, thus illegible
Status in xorg package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
When using a program, for example Libre Writer, when I click on file,
open, then in the Open menu box I have the opportunity to change the
file type from "All files" to a specific file type, when I click on
"All files" the selection list appears. The font color for the
different file types is a dark grey on a black background making the
list items illegible. As I move the cursor, the font color and
background change to "normal" black on a white background but only for
the item that the cursor is hovering over at that moment. This makes
the rest of the list impossible to read and moving the cursor slowly
down the list, pausing to read each item, is a very cumbersome way to
get things done.
This doesn't just happen on Libre Writer but also Inkscape, Geeqie,
and a variety of other programs and their sub menus. The only program
I could find where this didn't happen was Firefox (58.02). Furthermore
this happens on 3 different machines, each with a different processor,
different graphics card and where the machine has multiple monitors,
it happens on all monitors.
All machines are running 16.04, one with the latest updates, the
others slightly behind on updates. If I go to Settings-Appearance-
Theme and change the theme from Ambiance to anything else, the sub
menus become legible again. Ambiance is the default theme. If I
switch the Theme back to Ambiance the problem resumes.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+13ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-112.135-generic 4.4.98
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-112-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: talpa_vfshook talpa_pedconnector talpa_pedevice
talpa_vcdevice talpa_core talpa_linux talpa_syscallhook
.tmp.unity_support_test.0:
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for
`/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Wed Feb 21 20:57:30 2018
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: xenial
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus: sysdig, 0.20.0, 4.4.0-112-generic, x86_64: installed
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical
GraphicsCard:
NVIDIA Corporation GK104 [GeForce GTX 770] [10de:1184] (rev a1) (prog-if 00
[VGA controller])
Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation GK104 [GeForce GTX 770] [10de:1033]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-20 (1404 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-112-generic
root=UUID=8f4996c0-c2f5-449f-a35c-47f301f66803 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 10/12/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: P1.70
dmi.board.name: 970 Extreme3
dmi.board.vendor: ASRock
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP1.70:bd10/12/2012:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASRock:rn970Extreme3:rvr:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.3+16.04.20171116-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.83-1~16.04.1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 17.2.8-0ubuntu0~16.04.1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 17.2.8-0ubuntu0~16.04.1
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.7
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.1-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.7.0-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel
2:2.99.917+git20160325-1ubuntu1.2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
1:1.0.12-1build2
xserver.bootTime: Wed Feb 21 19:32:42 2018
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.devices:
input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 6
input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 7
input PixArt USB Optical Mouse MOUSE, id 8
input Logitech USB Keyboard KEYBOARD, id 9
input Logitech USB Keyboard KEYBOARD, id 10
xserver.errors:
Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.version: 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.7
xserver.video_driver: nouveau
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