cpufreq using grey almost invisible font

Are you talking about cpufrequtils or cpufreqd?

I'm talking about the cpu frequency monitoring panel applet in the gnome-applets package. From a base clean install of the maverick daily, right click the top panel, add, and choose the cpu frequency monitor.

Did you right-mouse click, go to properties and try changing the colors?

There is no option to change colors under properties.

Erm, I meant preferences. It should say "Processor" at the bottom and for the sub-section "User" you have to click on the square and change the color.

On 09/18/2010 06:57 PM, Brian Fuller wrote:
> Erm, I meant preferences. It should say "Processor" at the bottom and
> for the sub-section "User" you have to click on the square and change
> the color.

I think you are thinking of the system monitor and the cpu usage graph.
  I'm talking about the cpu frequency scaling monitor. It states the
cpu frequency, such as "1 GHz". At some point during the maverick
cycle, the text saying "1 GHz" became an unreadable grey on grey, and
there is no setting to configure it in preferences.

Changing the System->Preference->Appearance theme from ambiance to anything else eliminates the problem as the cpufreq applet seems to use the window text color which seems to be rather dark. Other applets are not drawing their text with the same color.

Running lucid version of gnome-applets does *not* clear up the problem.

Reverting to version 0.1.6.6 of light-themes (the theme for Ambiance) does clear up the problem. The text color of the cpufreq applet does not follow the window text color when it is installed and Ambiance is selected.

Heh, I just noticed the same thing. Works fine in every other theme than Ambiance.

With the recent update to light-themes the text color is even closer to the panel background color and the text is pretty close to invisible.

To reproduce this problem:
Choose the Ambiance Theme from System->Preferences->Appearance in the theme tag.
Right click on the top panel.
Choose Add to Panel...
Choose CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor
Click the Add Button
The Frequency isn't visible or is barely visible to the right of the icon depending upon your monitor
Right Click and choose Preferences
Make sure the Appearance: item has Graphic and Text chosen
Click the Close button
Verify that the frequency still doesn't appear.

If you change themes you will see that the text color has enough contrast to be easily visible.

Apparently like the fast-user-switch panel applet, the CPUFreq applet is not being recognized as a panel applet by the theme. Thus colors are not being applied to its text suitable for the dark background of the panel. In fact the normal widget text color in use must be very close in color to the panel background.

A light-themes package with the fix I've proposed is in my ppa, ppa:jsjgruber/ppa . Further information is about installing software from private package archives at https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/PPA/InstallingSoftware

Regression of lp: #532385

This is quite irritating. Please. Someone for Ubuntu's sake fix it. It is ridiculous that we can't fix a simple font color issue in WEEKS!!! Don't tell me you need a new kernel for it to work fine! It is the same story with Ubuntu. Every new release you have 1000 new bugs and the old ones are still not resolved! I wonder why we even take Ubuntu seriously! Frankly, there is NO point in making alpha and beta releases of a new OS if it does not work later on. Fix all these little issues at the very least!

Please fix this - we have a bunch of dupe bugs about that

So is there a fix for this bug? I added the PPA, updated, and installed all new updates but the problem persists.

you'll have to fix it by hand by applying the patch just near the description for now as it wasn't packaged

A new version of the light-themes package with the fix I've proposed is in my ppa, ppa:jsjgruber/ppa . Further information is about installing software from private package archives at https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/PPA/InstallingSoftware

If you have already added my ppa to your system sources you should automatically be offered the update to the new version.

unsubscribing the sponsors since the update has been uploaded and is waiting for review

Accepted light-themes into maverick-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

Works for me with no other noticeable regressions.

Works for me too

Works here too.

Thanks,

--
Pablo Antonio (AKA crazy2k)
http://www.pablo-a.com.ar/

Please fix this in natty first, before it can go to maverick-updates.

@Martin:

Will this package be used in Natty given the switch to Unity?

In any case, the fix was merged into upstream lp:light-themes (see comment in https://code.launchpad.net/~jsjgruber/ubuntu/maverick/light-themes/light-themes.fix640096/+merge/37351) and to natty release . The natty release diff from 0.1.8.2 to 0.1.8.4 includes the fix and its changelog entry as 0.1.8.3. Version 0.1.8.4 is noted as being released to natty main 11/11/11. See https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/light-themes

Is that what is needed? Is there anything else that we need to do to move this along?

Thanks for your help.

Fixed in natty.

This bug was fixed in the package light-themes - 0.1.8.3

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light-themes (0.1.8.3) maverick-proposed; urgency=low

  * Include cpu-freq among the panel applets known to the Ambiance theme
    (LP: #640096)
 -- John S Gruber <email address hidden> Fri, 01 Oct 2010 23:00:56 -0400

Marking other task fixed as well.