Wireshark · Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] white text can't view selections

[Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>]

jeff.krawczyk@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've just downloaded and installed wirshark 0.99.5 onto my windows XP
> machine that already had ethereal 0.99.0. i can launch wireshark, but the
> text that should be vlack is white. This makes it impossible to read items
> such as interface selection, because the background and forground text are
> both white.
>
> When I start wireshare, the version disclaimer is also white text.
> I've installed this same distribution onto another XP and Windows 2000
> hosts and there is no issue.
>
> Anyone see this before?
>
> I've tried to uninstall ethereal and wireshare and winpcap but no luck. I
> even verified in the windows appearance area that the text is not set to
> white.
>   
Known problem, if you use a 256 color only display (e.g. terminal services),

Regards, ULFL