foxfire menu item highlight problem

[Default User]

On Sat, 2005-10-29 at 22:36 -0400, golfer wrote:
> On 10/29/05, Default User <xyzzyx at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > Is this a known issue?
> >
> > In the new Ubuntu (5.10 on x86) when using the default gnome setup:
> > when in foxfire, highlighting menu items with the mouse simply produces
> > a white space where the selection should be, as if white text against a
> > white background.
> >
> > I have been unable to find a reference to this problem on line thus far.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> 
> I've had a similar problem with Firefox in KDE, that I fixed by
> changing the selection color in the color settings in control
> settings.  I don't know how to change it in gnome.  I think it's a
> theme problem.
> 
> regards,
> 


Yes. It was a problem which only seems to occur using the "Simple"
theme. Other themes do not exhibit the problem, but I have not tried
every theme, nor KDE. 

Thanks for the help!