Change default background color in the sample config. file
(It didn't match the hardcoded value)
--- a/mcabber/mcabberrc.example Thu Mar 09 20:15:37 2006 +0100
+++ b/mcabber/mcabberrc.example Thu Mar 09 23:55:39 2006 +0100
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
# rosterselmsg:text color of the selected roster item, if there is a new msg
# rosternewmsg: text color of items with unread messages
#
-#set color_background = blue
+#set color_background = black
#set color_general = white
#set color_highlight = cyan
#set color_bgstatus = blue