I confirmed this with Intrepid and gedit 2.23.1-0ubuntu1 - I think the real problem is found in human-theme 0.21. When I switched to the legacy human-theme, the problem was resolved. See attached for screenshot using the new human-theme.
** Attachment added: "themebug.png" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16353727/themebug.png ** Changed in: human-theme (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: None => human-theme Status: New => Confirmed -- [intrepid] gedit error message isn't readable with new theme https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/252399 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs