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["Nick B." <nickbryda@xxxxxx>]

On 06/05/2010 11:49 AM, Konstantinos Natsakis wrote:
> I believe this bug is somehow related to a change in gnome-
> panel_1:2.29.5.1-0ubuntu1 when the building of applets as shared
> libraries was deactivated (they are now build as standalone executables)
>
> Changelog: http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/main/g/gnome-panel/gnome-panel_2.30.0-0ubuntu1/changelog
> * debian/rules:
>     - don't build in process applets during the unstable cycle so crash issues
>       should be easier to debug and reported on the corresponding binary
>
> It seems to me that due to this change, the notification area icons get
> the background of the program's main window instead of the panel's
> background.
>
> Compiling gnome-panel with '--with-in-process-applets=notification-area'
> in debian/rules (and no other changes), fixes this bug for me.
>
> I have uploaded modified gnome-panel packages to my PPA:
> https://launchpad.net/~cyfex/+archive/ppa in case others want to try
> this (you need gnome-panel and gnome-panel-data; killall bonobo-
> activation-server and gnome-panel after installation)
>
>   
Actually using --with-in-process-applets=notification-area isn't
necessary. In previous releases it's been compiled with
--with-in-process-applets=all but this line has been commented out in
Lucid. Simply uncommenting it and recompiling is enough to fix it.

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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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