The primary Menu (File, Edit, etc) displays as dark gray letters on black background

Firefox 4.0 Beta 1 -The menu at the top of the screen displays in colors of dark gray on black. I was really thrown at first because I always display the top menu. But when I remembered how to display the menu it is very hard to see - it is dark gray lettering on a black background.
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== I installed Firefox 4 Beta 1

Reboot and see if your menu comes back.

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