[GRASS-dev] error on gui startup

I did a fresh install of Kubuntu 9.04. Then installed GRASS and QGIS (and associated dependencies with apt-get). When I launch GRASS I get the following error(s):

bnowell@mapping:~$ grass -tcltk
Cleaning up temporary files …
Starting GRASS …
Error in startup script: unknown color name “black”
(processing “-foreground” option)
invoked from within
“$path configure $realopt $value”
(procedure “Widget::_test_tkresource” line 6)
invoked from within
“$_optiontype($type) $option $value [lindex $optdesc 3]”
(procedure “Widget::configure” line 32)
invoked from within
“Widget::configure $_top $args”
(procedure “DynamicHelp::configure” line 5)
invoked from within
"DynamicHelp::configure -font balloon-help -fg black -bg “#FFFF77"”
(file “/usr/lib/grass64/etc/gtcltk/
options.tcl” line 46)
invoked from within
“source $env(GISBASE)/etc/gtcltk/options.tcl”
(file “/usr/lib/grass64/etc/gis_set.tcl” line 28)
Error in GUI startup. If necessary, please
report this error to the GRASS developers.
Switching to text mode now.
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On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 2:47 PM, M S<mseibel@gmail.com> wrote:

I did a fresh install of Kubuntu 9.04. Then installed GRASS and QGIS (and
associated dependencies with apt-get). When I launch GRASS I get the
following error(s):

bnowell@mapping:~$ grass -tcltk
Cleaning up temporary files ...
Starting GRASS ...
Error in startup script: unknown color name "black"

Please check:
[GRASS-user] Tcl/Tk gui and nviz errors
http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/grass-user/2009-July/thread.html#51777

for a solution.

Markus