On Sep 9, 2009, at 12:36 PM, Matthew A Coulliette wrote:

> Benjamin,
>
> Matthew A Coulliette wrote:
>> I uninstalled anything with Compiz in the name, using Synaptic.  
>> This did
>> not fix it completely, however, it is about 90% better. Thanks.
>
>
> I am still having problems with my menu text turning invisible. If I
> click on that menu once or twice it will return to normal black text.
> Un-installing Compiz had less effect than I previously thought. Do you
> know of anything else I can try? Thanks in advance.

Was this in Firefox, or in all windows?  If only Firefox, try  
disabling all extensions and see if the problem goes away.

alex