Comment 10 for bug 545852

Sorry for confusing you. Here I give you the instructions again step by step. Don't be afraid, this workaround only will last at most 5 minutes.

1. Remove alltray by typing into the terminal: sudo apt-get remove alltray

2. Get the source code of alltray 0.71a: http://edge.launchpad.net/alltray/old-maintenance/0.71a/+download/alltray-0.71a.tar.gz

3. Unpack it.

4. Download the PanelBackgroundPatch.patch from this site

5. Copy the patch into the src folder of alltray's source code

6. Open a terminal an go to the src folder of alltrays source code

7. Patch the trayicon.c file by typing: patch -p0 < PanelBackgroundPatch.patch

8. cd ..

9. ./configure (maybe you need some development packages)

10. make

11. sudo make install

12. Set the color of your panel manually with Right click on panel -> Properties -> Background -> Solid Color

Now I hope your alltray will work.

Best regards,

Luke