Jim wrote: > So, no one has any ideas? Would it help to state that this renders LyX > completely useless?
Not really. > The black print on black background of the menus > means that one has to both memorize all the keyboard commands, as well > as know the name of the file you would like to open. Do other programs that use the Qt library for the GUI work? Angus > On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 11:30:07 -0500 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I've been a LyX user for a bout 5 years now, and am having trouble with >> one particular machine that I cannot figure out. I've run the -dbg >> switches, and nothing obvious pops out. It may be [is likely] a >> problem with one of the underlying programs, not necessarily LyX >> itself, but if anyone has seen this before, maybe they can help. >> >> System: FreeBSD 4.11, old Compaq server [Intel PII 300, SCSI RAID] >> This is an Xclient only. Serves up LyX [among other things] to various >> workstations running either cygwin or FreeBSD. >> >> When LyX starts up, everything looks normal *except* the border area >> [not the page area, which looks ok] where the scroll bars, tool bar >> etc. are. The background here is *all black*, and only the toolbar >> icons can be seen. When hitting <meta-F> the menu bar pops up, but is >> all black. >> >> This is the same output whether viewing it on a cygwin workstation or a >> real FreeBSD workstation. Window managers typically in use are >> WindowMaker and Ion. >> >> Any thoughts? >> >> -- >> >> 72, Jim > > -- Angus
