diff -ur terminator-0.9-orig/terminatorlib/terminator.py terminator-0.9/terminatorlib/terminator.py
--- terminator-0.9-orig/terminatorlib/terminator.py	2008-07-31 09:25:47.000000000 +0200
+++ terminator-0.9/terminatorlib/terminator.py	2008-07-31 09:48:20.000000000 +0200
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@
       self._button.set_name("terminator-tab-close-button")
       self.connect("style-set", self.on_style_set)
       
-      self._button.set_tooltip_text(_("Close Tab"))
+      if not terminator.gtk_legacy_mode:
+        self._button.set_tooltip_text(_("Close Tab"))
       self.pack_start(self._button, False, False)
     self.show_all()
 
@@ -171,6 +172,11 @@
       if colormap:
         self.window.set_colormap(colormap)
 
+    self.gtk_legacy_mode = False
+    if (not hasattr(gtk.Notebook, 'set_tab_reorderable') or
+        not hasattr(gtk.Button, 'set_tooltip_text')):
+      self.gtk_legacy_mode = True
+
     # Start out with just one terminal
     # FIXME: This should be really be decided from some kind of profile
     term = (TerminatorTerm (self, self.profile, self.command))
@@ -465,9 +471,10 @@
       #no notebook yet.
       notebook = gtk.Notebook()
       #notebook.set_tab_pos(gtk.POS_TOP)
-      notebook.connect('page-reordered',self.on_page_reordered)
+      if not self.gtk_legacy_mode:
+        notebook.connect('page-reordered',self.on_page_reordered)
+        notebook.set_tab_reorderable(widget, True)
       notebook.set_property('homogeneous', True)
-      notebook.set_tab_reorderable(widget, True)
       
       if isinstance(parent, gtk.Paned):
         if parent.get_child1() == child:
@@ -479,7 +486,10 @@
       elif isinstance(parent, gtk.Window):
          child.reparent(notebook)
          parent.add(notebook)
-      notebook.set_tab_reorderable(child,True)
+
+      if not self.gtk_legacy_mode:
+        notebook.set_tab_reorderable(child,True)
+
       notebooklabel = ""
       if isinstance(child, TerminatorTerm):
         child._titlebox.hide()
@@ -513,7 +523,8 @@
     notebooktablabel = TerminatorNotebookTabLabel(notebooklabel, notebook, self)
     notebook.set_tab_label(terminal, notebooktablabel)
     notebook.set_tab_label_packing(terminal, True, True, gtk.PACK_START)
-    notebook.set_tab_reorderable(terminal,True)
+    if not self.gtk_legacy_mode:
+      notebook.set_tab_reorderable(terminal,True)
     ## Now, we set focus on the new term
     notebook.set_current_page(-1)
     terminal._vte.grab_focus ()
@@ -897,4 +908,3 @@
         self.old_parent.set_current_page(self.old_page)
 
       widget._vte.grab_focus ()
-
diff -ur terminator-0.9-orig/terminatorlib/terminatorterm.py terminator-0.9/terminatorlib/terminatorterm.py
--- terminator-0.9-orig/terminatorlib/terminatorterm.py	2008-07-31 09:25:47.000000000 +0200
+++ terminator-0.9/terminatorlib/terminatorterm.py	2008-07-31 09:52:53.000000000 +0200
@@ -89,6 +89,12 @@
 
     self._vte = vte.Terminal ()
     self._vte.set_size (80, 24)
+
+    self._vte_legacy_mode = False
+    if (not hasattr(self._vte, 'is_composited')
+        or not hasattr(self,_vte, 'set_background_transparent')):
+      self._vte_legacy_mode = True
+
     self.reconfigure_vte ()
     self._vte.show ()
 
@@ -141,7 +147,8 @@
     if self.conf.copy_on_selection:
       self._vte.connect ("selection-changed", lambda widget: self._vte.copy_clipboard ())
 
-    self._vte.connect ("composited-changed", self.on_composited_changed)
+    if not self._vte_legacy_mode:
+      self._vte.connect ("composited-changed", self.on_composited_changed)
     self._vte.connect ("window-title-changed", self.on_vte_title_change)
     self._vte.connect ("grab-focus", self.on_vte_focus)
     self._vte.connect ("focus-out-event", self.on_vte_focus_out)
@@ -493,12 +500,14 @@
     if background_type in ("image", "transparent"):
       self._vte.set_background_tint_color (bg_color)
       self._vte.set_background_saturation(1 - (self.conf.background_darkness))
-      self._vte.set_opacity(int(self.conf.background_darkness * 65535))
+      if not self._vte_legacy_mode:
+        self._vte.set_opacity(int(self.conf.background_darkness * 65535))
     else:
       self._vte.set_background_saturation(1)
-      self._vte.set_opacity(65535)
+      if not self._vte_legacy_mode:
+        self._vte.set_opacity(65535)
 
-    if not self._vte.is_composited():
+    if self._vte_legacy_mode or not self._vte.is_composited():
       self._vte.set_background_transparent (background_type == "transparent")
     else:
       self._vte.set_background_transparent (False)
@@ -928,4 +937,3 @@
 
   def destroy(self):
     self._vte.destroy()
-