Oh!!
Sh*t!
I forgotten the other distros
Other distros may use Compiz + Gnome-panel
Distros like LinuxMint, that is ubuntu/debian based (and there's no plans to
support unity/gnome-shell )
(compiz 0.9 is C++, any change?)

2010/12/18 Mahendra Tallur <email address hidden>

> Joaquin : this is a serious upstream bug that will continue to affect
> other distros that don't use Gnome Shell, that will continue to affect
> users who want to keep the old interface, and that will continue to
> affect users of the LTS.
>
> I really don't see why it wouldn't be fixable ? Now it even seems we
> have some ways to reproduce it almost each time. Well, if anyone can
> confirm that, when invoking "killall gnome-panel" from the "guest
> account" (or unmodified out of the box configuration), it corrupts the
> "show desktop icon" practically each time. Can people check that ?
>
> Now I'll shut up until I really have some actual new pieces of
> information :)
>
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> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of a duplicate bug (598065).
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/439448
>
> Title:
>  Visual corruption affecting several panel applets
>
> Status in Compiz:
>  Invalid
> Status in Desktop panel for GNOME:
>  New
> Status in Indicator Applet:
>  Invalid
> Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu:
>  In Progress
> Status in “gnome-panel” package in Ubuntu:
>  Triaged
> Status in “gnome-panel” source package in Lucid:
>  Confirmed
> Status in “gnome-panel” source package in Maverick:
>  Triaged
> Status in “gnome-panel” source package in Natty:
>  Triaged
>
> Bug description:
>  **********PLEASE READ BEFORE YOU ADD YOUR
> COMMENT/SCREENSHOT*****************
>
> Please take a look at the list of duplicate bugs. Please think on how many
> people get notified when you add anything to this bug report. Please don't
> confirm the bug it is already confirmed. Please don't attach further
> screenshots - we all know how the problem looks. We all appreciate your
> involvement, but read previous post carefully prior you post your own. We
> need to draw constructive conclusions and find the solution.
>
> Binary package hint: gnome-panel, nm-applet, etc...
>
> SUMMARY:
>
> After graphical logon notification area gets scrambled. Icons are in
> terrible mess. Some of them are overlapping others. Sometimes network
> manager icon is missing. Sometimes phantom icons show up. They can be clones
> of any other icons in the notification area. Bug affects any graphics card:
> ATI, nVidia, Intel...
>
> WORKAROUND 1:
>
> Run 'killall gnome-panel' from the terminal or Gnome's "Run" dialog. The
> panels will automatically respawn correctly.
>
> WORKAROUND 2:
>
> When you get your icons distorted right-click on the affected panel (not
> icons) click "Properties". In "Panel Properties" change panel orientation to
> "Left" or "Right" and back to "Top" or "Bottom". In my case all icons are
> displayed properly, but one (nm-applet) is missing.
>
> WORKAROUND 3:
>
> Right click the Gnome panel and remove the offending applets and re-add
> them, i.e. Indicator Applet, etc.
>
>
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