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[Locked] Applications menu and Volume control menu is white
Guest English 8 matttbe [Read]
11 May 2013 à 20:43

Guest, Thursday 02 May 2013 à 23:29

Hi I am using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and I recently downloaded Cairo Dock and I am very satisfied with the dock but the problem I'm having is that my Applications Menu and Volume Menu both have white backgrounds. In my Applications Menu the icons are present and all the words are visible but with a white background(all submenus are white also). In my Volume menu the words are not very visible unless highlighted and also has a white background. I am using CompizConfig manager and all the effects work great. I have an Intel graphics card with an Intel Linux graphics driver installed so I don't think my graphics card is the problem. In the forums under Bug#968133 there was a post by lylambda that had an image that shows exactly what my volume menu looks like under Bug_menu-sound-controller.png. I just downloaded the dock about a week ago through the ubuntu software center so I assumed I had the latest version but under synaptic package manager it shows 3.0.0 1-Oubuntu and 3.2.1 is the latest version according the this site. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

lylambda, Friday 03 May 2013 à 00:20


Subscription date : 06 September 2009
Messages : 1635
It's a bug in the default Ambiance theme on Ubuntu 12.04 --> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/light-themes/+bug/968133

For obtain something which looking better, you need use the matttbe ppa or just the package "light-themes”.

Guest, Friday 03 May 2013 à 01:26

I don't have the Ambiance theme listed under themes in Cairo dock configure. Can I fix this problem by updating to the latest stable version? If so how do I do that? Not really sure how a ppa works or what exactly is included in the light-themes package. Also, if I don't have the latest version, how did that happen if I just downloaded it a week ago?

lylambda, Friday 03 May 2013 à 18:55


Subscription date : 06 September 2009
Messages : 1635
Which theme do you have ? If you choose an other one, the bug always happen ?
Matttbe have fixed just light theme, so I'm no sure that solved your bug if you use an other them.

A ppa give you the possibility to obtain new packages by a simple update. For more information, you can read that : https://launchpad.net/+help-soyuz/ppa-sources-list.html

matttbe, Friday 03 May 2013 à 22:21


Subscription date : 24 January 2009
Messages : 12573
@Guest: yes, simply download and install this packages should fix your problem => https://launchpad.net/~matttbe/+archive/ppa/+files/light-themes_0.1.9.2-0ubuntu3%7Eprecise_all.deb

fabounet, Monday 06 May 2013 à 09:17


Subscription date : 30 November 2007
Messages : 17118
did they fix this bug in the next version by the way ? it's quite annoying

matttbe, Tuesday 07 May 2013 à 20:45


Subscription date : 24 January 2009
Messages : 12573
Yes, it's already fixed in Quantal!

fabounet, Saturday 11 May 2013 à 10:38


Subscription date : 30 November 2007
Messages : 17118
ok, too bad they don't backport such important fixes in the LTS

matttbe, Saturday 11 May 2013 à 20:43


Subscription date : 24 January 2009
Messages : 12573
It seems that UI changes are very hard to backport

Installation problems | Problèmes à l'installation

Subjects Author Language Messages Last message
[Locked] Applications menu and Volume control menu is white
Guest English 8 matttbe [Read]
11 May 2013 à 20:43


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