Maynard, Chris wrote:
> It seems that when running Wireshark 0.99.6 over a Windows XP Remote
> Desktop connection, there's a problem with the color palette, such that
> the text color is always white, rather than black. While it makes the
> text hard to read on a gray background, some areas of the screen have a
> white background, making it impossible to read at all. According to the
> user who reported the problem to me, this problem has existed for all
> Wireshark versions after 0.99.2. He uses 0.99.2 without a problem, as
> far as the colors are concerned.
>
> Attached is a snapshot of the Wireshark preferences dialog over a Remote
> Desktop connection, which clearly depicts the problem I've described.
>
> I don't know if this is a gtk problem or a Wireshark problem though.
Are you using 8-bit color? If so, I opened a ticket on the GNOME bug
tracker about this a while back:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=438652