Bug 2216843 - Cinnamon launches applications with a black background making black letters unreadable
Summary: Cinnamon launches applications with a black background making black letters u...
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Status: CLOSED EOL
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: cinnamon
Version: 38
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: leigh scott
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2023-06-22 19:49 UTC by Chrit van Ewijk
Modified: 2024-05-28 13:12 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2024-05-28 13:12:57 UTC
Type: Bug
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
gedit with black background after launching with cinnamon (1.60 MB, image/png)
2023-06-22 19:49 UTC, Chrit van Ewijk
no flags Details
gedit with white background after login in with gnome (1.34 MB, image/png)
2023-06-22 19:53 UTC, Chrit van Ewijk
no flags Details

Description Chrit van Ewijk 2023-06-22 19:49:33 UTC
Created attachment 1972146 [details]
gedit with black background after launching with cinnamon



Description of problem:
Cinnamon launches applications with a black background which makes letters unreadable.
When i login in again on the same PC with Gnome then Gnome launches the applications with the correct white background.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

[cewijk@localhost ~]$ sudo dnf install cinnamon
[sudo] password for cewijk: 
Fedora 38 - x86_64 - Updates                     83 kB/s |  17 kB     00:00    
Fedora 38 - x86_64 - Updates                     69 kB/s | 2.1 MB     00:31    
Fedora Modular 38 - x86_64 - Updates            113 kB/s |  14 kB     00:00    
Fedora Modular 38 - x86_64 - Updates             49 kB/s |  77 kB     00:01    
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:01 ago on Thu 22 Jun 2023 09:06:09 PM CEST.
Package cinnamon-5.6.8-2.fc38.x86_64 is already installed.
Dependencies resolved.
Nothing to do.
Complete!



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Additional info:

[cewijk@localhost ~]$ uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 6.3.8-200.fc38.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Jun 15 02:15:40 UTC 2023 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[cewijk@localhost ~]$ hwinfo --short
cpu:                                                            
                       Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2100 CPU @ 3.10GHz, 2475 MHz
                       Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2100 CPU @ 3.10GHz, 2408 MHz
                       Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2100 CPU @ 3.10GHz, 2466 MHz
                       Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2100 CPU @ 3.10GHz, 2397 MHz
keyboard:
  /dev/input/event4    Holtek Keyboard
mouse:
  /dev/input/mice      SiGma Micro XM102K Optical Wheel Mouse
printer:
                       HP Officejet Pro 6830
monitor:
                       B22W-6 LED pG
graphics card:
                       Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller
sound:
                       Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller
                       Tenx USB  AUDIO
storage:
                       Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port Desktop SATA AHCI Controller
network:
  enp0s25              Intel 82579V Gigabit Network Connection
network interface:
  enp0s25              Ethernet network interface
  virbr0               Ethernet network interface
  lo                   Loopback network interface
disk:
  /dev/sda             ST3500413AS
  /dev/zram0           Disk
                       HP Officejet Pro 6830
partition:
  /dev/sda1            Partition
  /dev/sda2            Partition
  /dev/sda5            Partition
  /dev/sda6            Partition
  /dev/sda7            Partition
  /dev/sda8            Partition
  /dev/sda9            Partition
  /dev/sda10           Partition
  /dev/sda11           Partition
cdrom:
  /dev/sr0             Optiarc DVD RW AD-7250H
usb controller:
                       Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2
                       Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1
bios:
                       BIOS
bridge:
                       Intel Q65 Express Chipset LPC Controller
                       Intel 82801 PCI Bridge
                       Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller
hub:
                       Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub
                       Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
                       Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub
                       Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
memory:
                       Main Memory
unknown:
                       FPU
                       DMA controller
                       PIC
                       Keyboard controller
  /dev/lp0             Parallel controller
                       Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1
                       Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller
                       Serial controller
                       Logitech C930c
  /dev/input/event2    Tenx USB  AUDIO
  /dev/input/event5    Holtek Keyboard
[cewijk@localhost ~]$

Comment 1 Chrit van Ewijk 2023-06-22 19:53:07 UTC
Created attachment 1972149 [details]
gedit with white background after login in with gnome

Comment 2 Aoife Moloney 2024-05-28 13:12:57 UTC
Fedora Linux 38 entered end-of-life (EOL) status on 2024-05-21.

Fedora Linux 38 is no longer maintained, which means that it
will not receive any further security or bug fix updates. As a result we
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