[ubuntu-mono] [Bug 403135]

[Justin Cope]

Chow Loong Jin <https://launchpad.net/%7Ehyperair> wrote:

"I'm interested to know more about this. What do you mean by "installed
RGBA transparency on Ubuntu 10.04"? This can probably shed some light
on exactly what is going on, and exactly what needs to be done to fix
this issue."

This could be better explained on the Ubuntu wiki here 
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/RgbaGtkWithPPA/>.
Here 
<http://www.webupd8.org/2010/05/enable-rgba-transparency-in-ubuntu-910.html> 
is installation instructions.

Here <http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4367247/rgba-enabled.png> is a screenshot 
of my desktop running rgba (notice the Firestarter icon is wrong).

Please note that this is NOT a solution to this bug and this software is 
very temperamental.  If you install it expect lots of issue fixing.

Also, since my last post I can only reproduce the Banshee icon being 
fixed, not the vlc or Firestarter icons.  I have only tried once more, 
as I have to log in and out and whatnot.  However, vlc is blacklisted 
from using rgba, Banshee and Firestarter are not.  There are lots of 
variables at work here and I am not a developer.  I can confirm that 
upon first install of rgba transparency all three afore mentioned icons 
were corrected.  Now, a week or so later, with much configuration 
editing and theme tweaking, only the Banshee icon is displayed correctly.

What this has to do with this bug I don't know specifically, but if I 
had to guess, it would be that gnome-panel simply doesn't accept 
whatever display standards these programs use for their tray icons by 
default.  Why is this so hard to fix?  You got me, but these are 
commonly used programs and this problem has been persistent through the 
two versions of Ubuntu I've used, including this "LTS" offering.  Seems 
ridiculous to me.

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Notification area icon wrongly rendered/uses bg_color as a background (multiple apps)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/403135
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Status in AllTray: Fix Released
Status in aMSN: Confirmed
Status in AMule: New
Status in Banshee Music Player: Confirmed
Status in Beagle Desktop Search: Confirmed
Status in a fast and powerful GTK+ based mail client: Unknown
Status in Desktop Drapes wallpaper managment.: Fix Released
Status in FileZilla FTP Client: Confirmed
Status in firestarter: New
Status in gmusicbrowser with now-playing support: New
Status in Mail Notification: Confirmed
Status in Pidgin: Fix Released
Status in Quod Libet is a GTK+-based audio player written in Python.: New
Status in VLC media player: Won't Fix
Status in Wine: Confirmed
Status in wxWidgets crossplatform GUI toolkit: New
Status in Ubuntu: New
Status in “alltray” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
Status in “amsn” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
Status in “azureus” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released
Status in “banshee” package in Ubuntu: Triaged
Status in “checkgmail” package in Ubuntu: New
Status in “claws-mail” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
Status in “filezilla” package in Ubuntu: New
Status in “gajim” package in Ubuntu: New
Status in “gnome-panel” package in Ubuntu: Invalid
Status in “gxneur” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
Status in “openoffice.org” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
Status in “pidgin” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released
Status in “vlc” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix
Status in “wine” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix
Status in “wine1.2” package in Ubuntu: Triaged

Bug description:
The following bug may possibly depend on my setup, if so just tell me how to check this. I am using banshee 1.4.3-5 (in ubuntu karmic) and its notification area icon has a black background, unlike other applets that have a transparent background.

I attach a screenshot.

This bug is noticed when:
a) Themes set a background image in the gtkrc
b) If users set a custom image for the panel from Panel Properties > Background > Background Image

***This bug affects all themes , but has become easier to notice since the default light-themes use a background image.***

Also , see , comment #99 , might be a regression in gnome-panel since Karmic release.