Thank you for reporting back. I've re-opened this (and the upstream bug report), then noticed, that a workaround was posted previously. Have you tried it? ("The "reset color & font" button in chat window should fix it").
** Changed in: kdenetwork (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released => Triaged ** Description changed: Binary package hint: kdenetwork Kopete in Kubuntu Karmic (KDE 4.3b2) displays text while typing as black on black. This is only with a particular ICQ contact, others work just like before. + + WORKAROUND: (mentioned in KDE bug report) + The "reset color & font" button in chat window should fix it ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Jun 18 23:33:06 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: kopete 4:4.2.90-0ubuntu4 ProcEnviron: - LANGUAGE= - PATH=(custom, user) - LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 - SHELL=/bin/bash + LANGUAGE= + PATH=(custom, user) + LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 + SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.30-9.10-generic SourcePackage: kdenetwork Uname: Linux 2.6.30-9-generic i686 -- Invisible text (black background) while typing, with only a particular ICQ contact https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389222 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kdenetwork in ubuntu. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs