> Well, restarting the X server made it better in the sense that > I can see the laayout but it still seems to ignore that setting.
editres is your friend. Or, grep for the color it is in Pcb.ad.in or ~/.Xdefaults. xv can tell you what color it is. Also, zoom way out and see if you have a component or something that's covering the whole board. Or, do "info->object summary" on the black and see if it's a something rather than the background.