Invisible fonts

[Auronius]

Good day!
When I run backup wizard, I have invisible fonts in file names.
The same thing is in restore wizard. I can not see the file names.

[shasheene]

Woah, that's crazy!

It's normal for the "existing image table" shown in your first two screenshots to be grayed out (as that table is not configured to be selectable at that stage in the Rescuezilla wizard), but it's normally at least readable.

Certainly the file selection window should definitely have a proper black font color.

It could be a themeing issue. You're running this from a Rescuezilla v2.2 live environment, right? Are you using the Focal or Hirsute version?

It's definitely a weird bug. Does it happen every time you restart?

[Auronius]

I am running Rescuezilla v.2.2 x64 Focal. Live environment.
Yes, that is happening every boot.

[shasheene]

@Auronius I don't recall if I asked you this. Can this issue be reproduced on Rescuezilla v2.2 x64 Hirsute? Note: You may need to select 'Graphical Fallback Mode' to see the desktop on that version.

Rescuezilla v2.3 will have a version based on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish), which is even more recent than Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute) let alone the Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal) release you have been using.

[shasheene]

@Auronius can this issue be reproduced on Rescuezilla v2.3 "Impish".

Please try selecting "'Graphical Fallback Mode" after selecting "English" from the boot menu.

[Auronius]

Good day!
I am very sorry for late replay, I was temporarily using old good Windows XP, so I could not test Rescuezilla.
Now I have installed Linux Mint 20.3 and can test Rescuezilla again.
So, yesterday I have bought new hard disk for Rescuezilla backups, and today I have made my system backup. The backup was made successfully, but unfortunately, there are still almost invisible fonts in backup images list and percentage in progress window.
I am using latest rescuezilla-2.3.1-64bit.impish.iso.
Not sure will it help, but I have noticed the same almost invisible font in GParted progress window. The string "All operations successfully completed" has the same color.
Yes, I know, that those fonts are readable now, bot they still hard to read.

[shasheene]

The fonts listed in the image list during backup and the backup percentage are meant to be grayed out, with it being OK if it's kind of unreadable. It's certainly unfortunate it's too unreadable though, and maybe I should try and find a way to increasing the contrast / changing the font color.

But please try the following workaround to change the theme to see if there are any improvements:

1. Close all applications
2. Open Terminal from desktop icon
3. 4. Run lxappearance
4. Change theme to "Breeze-Dark" and click 'Apply':

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5. Launch Rescuezilla from desktop icon:

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Does that have improved readability?

[Auronius]

• Close all applications

• Open Terminal from desktop icon

• 4. Run lxappearance

Command not found... :/

[shasheene]

lxappearance now available from Rescuezilla v2.4.2

[Auronius]

This bug still has not been fixed. In Rescuezilla 2.4.2 Focal, I still have invisible fonts. https://i.postimg.cc/fWdtbwhC/Invisible-Font.jpg
Also, lxappearance does not working properly in Rescuezilla 2.4.2 Focal. #439