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From: Volker Eckert <volkere@cs.tu-berlin.de>
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Subject: Re: 5.2.1, installed Mozilla -- X reverses background colors when
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On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 05:57:59AM -0700, Bill Schoolcraft wrote:
> ... 
> I have run 5.2.1 successfully on many machines and X is actually
> working fine except when I use Mozilla as installed from ports.
> 
> The whole background turns into a "negative" and so does the Mozilla
> browser.  All returns to normal once I exit Mozilla. 
> ...

since nobody else replied... my 2 cents:
maybe your X is running with too few colours? is it changing the
colours when you change the focus?