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** Changed in: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Invalid

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Title:
  Gnome Terminal starts up, but menubar is white-on-white, no characters
  seen

Status in gnome-terminal package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: gnome-terminal

  I already started a brief general question, denominated #82841 on this. But 
this instance was brought up by "report an error" function. So I will go with 
this thread, starting here.
  Machine: Dell GX150 Desktop, i815E chipset, PIII 1 GHz cpu, 25GB IBM HD, 
CDR/RW, Bios ver A011 (latest)
  OS:
  1) Release no:  Ubuntu 9.04 - the Jaunty Jackalope - released in April 2009.
  2) Since I cannot use Terminal and Synaptics Package Manager also comes up 
with a blank screen block, cannot answer this information
  3) Based on running the OS off the CD in another computer, where the Gnome 
Terminal did come up fine, I expected to see that when installed on this 
computer, all applications would be able to be displayed.
  4) Instead{
      a) When I try to start Applications/Accessories/Terminal (Gnome Terminal) 
what comes up is a white screen block.
          Running the mouse pointer over the screen, there is a band across the 
top ~3/8 inch of the block in which the
          mouse pointer shows up as an arrow. Below that, the mouse pointer is 
a text cursor bar (letter I-shaped).
          In the white-on-white top menubar band, moving from left to right, 
the arrow successively shows the
          dropdown list of options for (I suppose) File, then Edit, then (I 
suppose) Window options, then Title/resolution,
          then Contents/Get Help, About, etc.  These choices seem to be 
selectable and cause normally appearing 
          windows to appear. Apparently, the Menu choices are there, but 
unseeable because the typeface is white and
          the menubar background is white, so the legends for the menu choices 
is not seen.
      b) Furthermore, in the text area of the screen, the command prompt is not 
seen, neither is the typing cursor. But
          When I right-click in the text area, a menu list comes up, with one 
of the choices as "Close Window" (works).
      c) Aalso, on startup of the desktop, the mouse pointer is surrounded by 
an area of about 1/2 inch (1.25 cm) square,
          and when the mouse pointer is moved, that square just blacks out. It 
goes away when the mouse pointer is
          placed in another window and clicked. But if, say, a third window is 
opened up, and the mouse pointer is moved
          there, a similar square persists where the pointer was when the new 
entity is opened up. Etc. Very irritating.
      d) In addition, when I try to start up System/Administration/Synaptics 
Package Manager a white screen block comes
          up in the center of the desktop, the whole desktop dims, and the 
mouse pointer does nothing anyplace. I can
          get rid of the white screen block by pressing ESC, then everything 
comes back. If I recall correctly, there are
          at least a few other applications that do this. 
  I am wondering if this has something to do with the video driver for the 
onboard integrated i815E chipset (PCI).

  HELP!! (Thanks)

  BTW, I did try the procedure suggested as an answer to my Question
  #82841, but it did nothing to help (or hurt).

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: i386
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-terminal
  Package: gnome-terminal 2.26.0-0ubuntu2
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
  Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686
  UnreportableReason: This is not a genuine Ubuntu package

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