Bug 389739

Created attachment 214701 [details]
screenshot

I bet they are there white-on-white.

Duncan, how can I call this dialog from wizard in a running system?

(In reply to comment #2 from Stephan Kulow)
> I bet they are there white-on-white.

I don't think so. At least in the installed system they are not shown. If you resize the window, so that not all Patterns would fit into the window a scrollbar would show up even if they are white-on-white, but there is no scrollbar.
The scrollbar is generated in te Package Groups view, but not in the Pattern view.

This seems to be happening in the published beta3 also, and possibly should be included as a "most annoying bug".

in beta3 no patterns at all are visible. This is much severe and already in the list.

Yup blank here as well.  If you click on details and then select Package Groups you will get some icons on the left pane and some weird squibbly line.

I confirm it. Not only patterns is broken, but package groups seems also broken in a different way. See screenshots.
The console also shows an error which seems related:
-------- CONSOLE OUTPUT -------------
Probing connected terminal...

Initializing virtual console...

Found a Linux console terminal on /dev/console (160 columns x 64 lines).
*** Starting YaST2 ***
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - No such file or directory (2)
--------- END OF CONSOLE OUTPUT -----

--------- LOG OUTPUT ----------------
url mount: hd:/opensuse.iso?device=sda7 @ /var/adm/mount
repository: using hd:/opensuse.iso?device=sda7 @ /var/adm/mount
loading file:/var/adm/mount/media.1/info.txt -> /info.txt
sha1 b640c8dab9b0ff8fdd3a70e71db461603488ee5f
sha1 ok
loading file:/var/adm/mount/license.tar.gz -> /license.tar.gz
sha1 d1e34766e8d528fdc9a4147a4e0602b2b9877b32
sha1 ok
loading file:/var/adm/mount/part.info -> /part.info
error 37: Couldn't open file /var/adm/mount/part.info
loading file:/var/adm/mount/control.xml -> /control.xml
sha1 104fbddfe3bf26c5325ed309cb15c2e7d79a7b2b
sha1 ok
loading file:/var/adm/mount/driverupdate -> /download/file_0006
error 37: Couldn't open file /var/adm/mount/driverupdate
No new driver updates found.
starting setctsid `showconsole` inst_setup yast

Created attachment 216120 [details]
First install beta3

Created attachment 216121 [details]
First install detailed installer beta3 (patterns view)

Created attachment 216122 [details]
First install detailed installer (packages view)

Downloaded the beta3 dvd iso and made a new installation from dvd. Selected Gnome desktop as usual. At the following "Software" link I always use to Edit and Add packages, i.e include the KDE base and Xen from Pattern. But there was no Patterns available, only an empty (blanc) widget without content and there is nothing to select from. Had to continue the installation with Gnome only. 
Neither after installation and logon the YaST software manager contained any patterns content, and no way to add the usual software. VERY SERIOUS BUG. 
(Beta1 Patterns did work)

coolo. I see you fixed it by adding

YQPkgSelDescriptionView {
  background-color: transparent;
}

It also gets fixed (keeping white background and black text by adding to the end of the css:

.Content QTextBrowser {
  color: black;
}

Note, it has to be at the end, as it has to override line 85, which is the one that causes the bug:

.Contents QWidget { color: white; }

Coolo, should we stay with transparent background, or was it just a hack?

actually I liked transparent more, but Jakub is our master of colours

Commenting without actually seeing the result :/

If the lists are contained inside a box that has a border and perhaps even a header, it doesn't make sense to have it transparent so the texture 'shines through'. Either the whole widget is styled so it appears flat and 'in place', or white background color is fine for a default-looking Qt tree/list widget.

Fixed it by removing

YQPkgSelDescriptionView {
  background-color: transparent;
}

had to remove 

.Content QWidget {
  color: white;
}

Submitted.

you're not seriously destroyed the theme in removing the white foreground?