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Found the cause of the problem! Looks like a bug!

In /wp/wp-admin/wp-admin.css line 1879 :

.js .theEditor {
    color: white;
}

This causes the text in the Editor to be white on a white background. Change the color to ‘black’ or whatever you want.

The problem did not occur in our previous installation because there was no such entry in the wp-admin.css in WP 2.7.x

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Now I did an update to 2.8.2. I deleted all files except the ones not to delete (following instructions of the WP documentation), uploaded the new files. Ran /wp-admin/update.php.
In the admin page the new version shows.

But I still have the same problem! In the main editor text field characters are shown in white, so they are not visible unless I mark them.

Yeah, I know. Will this be the same result as using the complete German package? I think I tried this once and found some minor differences.

As this is not a pressing matter right now I may as well wait a bit longer.

Yes, that’s what I’m doing. Ithought that maybe there is a schedule already in place.

Found it: it’s in /wp-content/themes/default/index.php, archive.php and search.php.
Look for a line which contains the string ‘comments_popup_link’. Then place the wp2bb string before or after this, depends on your taste.

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