Bug#368217: vim: All characters are black in gnome-terminal

[Nicolas Patrois]

Package: vim
Version: 1:6.4-007+1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable


Sometimes, when I try to edit a file with vim, all the characters are
drawn in black, while I need white as specified in my gnome-terminal
profile.
This bug happens with all users (root and me), and even if I call syntax on.

Please note that I'm sending this bug to the vim package but maybe you should move
it to another package (gnome-terminal?), because I have the same problem with man and less.

Note again that I'm writing this text with reportbug in vim. All is fine.
vim is working in some gnome-terminal tabs but not in others.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.4.27-2-686-smp
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 at euro, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 at euro (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages vim depends on:
ii  libc6                        2.3.6-7     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgpmg1                     1.19.6-22   General Purpose Mouse - shared lib
ii  libncurses5                  5.5-1.1     Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  vim-common                   1:6.4-007+1 Vi IMproved - Common files
ii  vim-runtime                  1:6.4-007+1 Vi IMproved - Runtime files

vim recommends no packages.

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