Black menus under Compiz/KDE

stitchman · 01-16-2008, 12:55 AM

Hello fellow slackers,

I have a problem, I am using Compiz and KDE and when most menus come up, they are completely black. As in, I can not read them for they are a black box with no words. I can click within the black boxes and guesstimate what I might be clicking, but I am sure you can understand that is not very productive. If anyone has encountered a similar problem please let me know of a solution for I am quite past the point of a resolution of my own.

Thank you...

Alien_Hominid · 01-17-2008, 12:31 AM

Compiz is the one comming with Slack? Or did you install a newer one? Which Slackware version? You could post your xorg.conf and start compiz from the terminal to check for errors.

evilDagmar · 01-18-2008, 04:03 AM

Which video card are you using? If you're using an nVidia card, you simply need a newer driver.

stitchman · 01-18-2008, 08:51 AM

Hello thanks for the replies. Apparently the black menus only happen when I had OpenOffice Calc open. Other than that its the stock Compiz that came with Slack 12.0. Don't worry about finding a solution, I've reverted back to fluxbox because KDE+Compiz wasn't really all that productive for me. Thanks again.