Anno domini 03:19:59 Tue, 26 May 2020 -0400 (EDT) nemo scripsit: > On Tue, 26 May 2020, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > > > Anno domini 22:04:14 Mon, 25 May 2020 -0400 (EDT) > > nemo scripsit: > >> greets! > >> > >> Nik had a color problem in konqueror, I have one in VLC. this is in a > >> variant of Trinity called q4os running Buster and VLC 3.0.10. > >> > >> if I open 'multiple files' menu and add video files, the line for the > >> first file is legible, the next line is black (not 'blank' but black) > >> and this alternates. > >> > >> in fact a similar phenomenon occurs if I go to Tools --> Preferences > >> --> Show Settings (All). > >> > >> here I get the alternating readable/black line but if I click on the > >> black line it's readable but as a white font against a blue > >> background. > >> > >> I am using the default skin; other skins don't help. no other > >> application I'm using shows these symptoms. > >> > >> there are probably questions to answer about the display manager and > >> so on but I can't anticipate them so I await them or advice. > >> > >> thank you! > >> > > > > Hi! > > > > VLC uses GTK, you can play around with the settings using > > lxappearance. But you might need to install gnome/gtk themes, too. > > ok, wasn't sure if vlc was gtk; loaded up lxappearance but nothing of > clear (to me) relevance, experimenting so far hasn't helped. I > probably need to log out and in. > > I'll look around in the gtk config files too. > > flying blind. good tip though - gtk, thank you. Can you send a screenshot? Nik > > f. > -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ... --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting