>>> There is no Slackware official package for Kaffeine. The
>>> build script
>>> in http://slackbuilds.org/repository/12.2/multimedia/kaffeine/
>>> has no
>>> non-trival patch, but I don't know if it is the script
>>> Darrell used.
>>
>> Pretty much the same script, although I use a snippet from the slacky.eu
>> script. Yet as you said, there are no known non-trivial patches that
>> could
>> cause this behavior. The cause has to be something in the TDE sources,
>> in
>> modified TDE header files, or in the video detection scheme embedded
>> somewhere in TDE Kaffeine.
>>
>> The OSD bug does not cause a crash or anything serious, but the
>> flourescent green is hard on my eyes. Very geeky looking too. :(
>>
>> Darrell
>
> It looks like upstream lost a lot of configuration options in Kaffine in
> the later releases.  For example, here is an older document referring to
> the OSD configuration tab, which is competely gone on my systems:
> http://beginlinux.com/appsm/otherapps_m/kaffeine_m
>
> This should be looked into.
>
> Tim

Another idea: Are you using the Xine engine?  If so AFAIK Xine is the
program actually generating the OSD.  Try changing the OSD palette in the
Xine engine configuration dialog (it's in the Kaffeine settings menu) to
see if the OSD colors change.

Tim