Bug#745412: evince-gtk: selected text is a solid black box, renders text unreadable

Tue Apr 19 19:57:19 UTC 2016

On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 07:19:07PM +0200, Tim Wiederhake wrote:
> Installed gnome-themes-standard now (and rebooted, fwiw) to no effect.
> 
> I hesitate to install gnome-tweak-tool, since I'm using xfce and
> gnome-tweak-tool pulls in a lot of dependencies. Is there a cli way to
> set the theme?

It's interesting that it happens under Xfce.  I might have to make a
fresh install in a virtual machine to try it.  I think under Xfce you
can change the theme through the applications menu > Settings >
Appearance.  What style do you have selected there?  Does it work if you
change it to Adwaita?