I know this is old, but before simply closing the ticket as obsolete, I'd like to ask if anyone affected can still reproduce this problem.
** Changed in: thunderbird (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete ** Changed in: thunderbird (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to thunderbird in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/345834 Title: Corrupted preferences dialog in Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (recent update) Status in thunderbird package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Binary package hint: thunderbird In the display and composition tabs of the preferences dialog all the 'group' controls (text and border around a group of options) are 'blacked' out as if censored, i.e. the text does not appear, just a black rectangle in place of the text. See attached image. This occurred after the recent security update to the Thunderbird package. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Dependencies: DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx Package: mozilla-thunderbird None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/mozilla-thunderbird.list] PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: thunderbird Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic i686 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/345834/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp