ICal events window

The background on the events window is black, making editing quite difficult. Where do you select preferences for this?

This issue has been addressed in at least nine topics without a solution: Blacked out dock icon & more (4 Aug 08), iCal Misfunctions (19 Jul 08), Get Info Background Color Problem (19 Jul 08), ICAL colors (19 Jun 08); iCal looking messed up (17 May 08), iCal Events window (22 Mar 08), Event Info Box Reversed (17 Feb 08 - archived), ical inspector screen is black... (29 Jan 08 - archived), iCal info windows are black (8 Nov 07 - archived).
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My symptoms:
- The event info window (double click on an event and the details pop up) has a black background making the entries unreadable until I click on the fields.
- iCal opens with Home calendar checked (my only calendar), but the calendar is empty until I uncheck it and recheck it and then the events show up.
- New calendars do not show until the application is relaunched. (Same with calendar deletions.)
- Icons are missing...for example, the Thumb Tack icon on the button to open and close the To Do drawer.
- Transparent, nearly in visible, iCal icon in the Dock.
I trashed all the iCal related .plists, caches, and even the program; replaced the calendar - exported and reimported it; reinstalled the iCal program using the original Leopard disk; reinstalled update 10.5.4 - both combo and single versions several times; did all the above in various sequences.
One of the 10.5.4 re-installations fixed the transparent Dock icon.
The Console log captures between 150 and 300 entries when I launch iCal - indicating that a lot of images aren't loading right - which would seem to correlate with the symptoms. (Excerpt below).
I would appreciate any ideas for a fix.
cheers,
emil
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Console log for iCal launch:
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Could not find image named 'plus'.
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Could not find image named 'Notification None_Off'.
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Could not find image named 'Thumb Tack'.
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventicorepeat
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventicorepeat
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventicorepeat
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventicoalarm
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventicoalarm
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventicoalarm
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventicoattachment
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventicoattachment
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventicoattachment
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventico_locallymodified
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventico_locallymodified
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventico_locallymodified
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventiconotes
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventiconotes
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventiconotes
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventicobirthday
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventicobirthday
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventicobirthday
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventico_guesttentative
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventico_guesttentative
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventico_guesttentative
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventico_guestaccepted
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventico_guestaccepted
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventico_guestaccepted
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventico_guestdeclined
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventico_guestdeclined
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventico_guestdeclined
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventico_guestmixed
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventico_guestmixed
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventico_guestmixed
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventicoguest
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventicoguest
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventicoguest
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventico_guestupdated
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventico_guestupdated
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventico_guestupdated
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventico_guestinviteSent
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventico_guestinviteSent
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventico_guestinviteSent
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventico_guestundeliverable
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventico_guestundeliverable
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventico_guestundeliverable
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventico_guest_attnewInvite
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventico_guest_attnewInvite
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventico_guest_attnewInvite
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventico_guest_attaccepted
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventico_guest_attaccepted
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventico_guest_attaccepted
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventico_guest_atttentative
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventico_guest_atttentative
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventico_guest_atttentative
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventico_guest_attcancelled
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventico_guest_attcancelled
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventico_guest_attcancelled
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventico_guest_attupdate
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventico_guest_attupdate
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wreventico_guest_attupdate
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wrevent_monthbullet
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named wrevent_monthbullet
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named ToDoPriorityPn
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named ToDoPriorityP1
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named ToDoPriorityP2
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named ToDoPriorityP3
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named ToDoChbxShadow
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named ToDoChbxShape
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named ToDoChbxNormal1
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named ToDoChbxNormal1
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named ToDoChbxNormal2
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named ToDoChbxCheck
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named ToDoChbxMixed
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named ToDoChbx_hlNormal1
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named ToDoChbx_hlNormal2
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named ToDoChbxCheck
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named ToDoChbxMixed
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named ToDoAlertshadow
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named ToDoAlertShape
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named ToDoAlertOverlay
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named ToDoAlertNormal1
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named ToDoAlertNormal2
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named ToDoAlertNormal3
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named ToDoAlert_hlNormal1
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named ToDoAlert_hlNormal2
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named ToDoAlert_hlNormal3
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] Can't get image named ToDoAlertNormal3
6/8/08 15:57:04 iCal[2962] nil mapper in [_pixmapMappers setObject:mapper forKey:stateItem]
...this last line repeated 100 to 250 times
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