gnome-terminal background gets transparent when switching to profile w/o transparency

[Benjamin Redling]

Binary package hint: gnome-terminal

1) lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Release: 10.04

2) gnome-terminal:
  Installiert: 2.30.2-0ubuntu1
  Kandidat: 2.30.2-0ubuntu1
  Versions-Tabelle:
 *** 2.30.2-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2.29.6-0ubuntu5 0
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages

3) I wanted to switch the current gnome-terminal profile to one with another color. Both of them have no transparency defined -- one colored background.
4) The profile gets switched -- all colors correct -- but with a transparent background. Opening a new instance from this defect window does result in a correct instance. To put it another way: only the first instance after profile switching has unwanted transparency.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: gnome-terminal 2.30.2-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-25.44-generic-pae 2.6.32.21+drm33.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-25-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Oct 26 17:06:39 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=de_DE.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-terminal

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thanks for the report, it has been some time without any response or feedback in this bug report and we are wondering if this is still an issue for you with the latest release of Ubuntu the Natty Narwhal, May you please test with that version and comment back if you're still having or not the issue? Please have a look at http://www.ubuntu.com/download to know how to install that version.Thanks in advance and sorry for the late response.

[Benjamin Redling (benjamin-rampe-deactivatedaccount)]

The following isn't meant as a personal attack.

No: I won't test Natty.
I've not chosen the latest LTS release on pure coincidence.
I don't won't to bother every six months with the hippest crap or time wasting toy of the Mac-adoring fan boy generation.
I don't won't to organize my life around a stream of constant noise (twitter, facebook, etc.), half-yearly releases, or a rolling release, where everyday is maintenance day!
As a LTS user, I decided not to invest time in cutting edge releases, I decided to help stabilize the current LTS release till the dust settles on it, it starts to get a patina and I won't use two releases in parallel as long as there isn't another LTS release ripe for testing.

Thanks for your help, but I already decided to return to Debian because it fits my needs and maybe I misunderstood the idea behind Ubuntu LTS releases.
But I'm tired of having to observe that the mainstream on launchpad seems to like to haste behind the newest release, leaving LTS behind like a rotten fruit and not few answers follow above pattern: try the latest (half-baked) release.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

I don't take this personal, but we do have a code of conduct that should be follow http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct/ . Bug reports are handled by humans, the majority of whom are volunteers, so please bear this in mind. And thus closing this to avoid any more bad comments on it.