Gnome Panel Painting Incorrectly

[Ken Pratt]

Binary package hint: gnome-panel

After today's updates, the gnome-panel at the bottom of the screen is painting incorrectly. Take a look at the screen shot. There is a horizontal bar that looks like some kind of gradient fill gone awry. The screen shot is of the bottom of my display.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: gnome-panel 1:2.30.2-1ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Oct 4 19:51:14 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
GConfNonDefault:
 /apps/panel/general/applet_id_list=[clock_screen0,notification_area_screen0,indicator_applet_screen0,show_desktop_button_screen0,window_list_screen0,workspace_switcher_screen0,trashapplet_screen0,fast_user_switch_screen0]
 /apps/panel/general/object_id_list=[object_1,object_0,menu_bar_screen0,browser_launcher_screen0]
 /apps/panel/general/toplevel_id_list=[bottom_panel_screen0,top_panel_screen0]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta amd64 (20100901.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-panel

[RedSingularity (redsingularity)]

Did you try changing the panel background to a solid color? Did you have a custom panel background set before the update?

[RedSingularity (redsingularity)]

We'd like to figure out what's causing this bug for you, but we haven't heard back from you in a while. Are you still experiencing an issue?

[Ken Pratt (kenpratt)]

I went back and took a closer look. Indeed my wife had set a custom background. I set it to use the theme default and the blur/gradient problem went away. However, a new problem showed. When I made the change, I got a rectangle that was not painted in the panel - see new screen-shot - of lower left hand corner of my screen. Their is an unpainted area just to the right of the Close All Windows applet.

[RedSingularity (redsingularity)]

That is common. Try moving the little window switcher point a little further from the "close all windows" button.

[RedSingularity (redsingularity)]

Closing