One possible cause is a conflict between the KDE theme and GTK. I had the same problem because ~/.kde/env contained a file gtk2-engines- qtcurve.rc.sh with
export GTK2_RC_FILES=$HOME/.gtkrc-2.0-kde4 Commenting out the export, logging out and in again fixed the dark grey on black problem for alternate text. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/909171 Title: firefox 9 statusbar url popup is unusable with dark grey text on black background To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/909171/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
