Pidgin tray icon does not follow panel background

[Johan Ryberg]

Binary package hint: pidgin

The tray icon is not transparent if I chose a solid color with a transparent style. It acts like it is using None (use system theme) by it self.

Other icons are looking nice

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Oct 9 22:31:57 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/pidgin
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: pidgin 1:2.6.2-1ubuntu6
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-13.42-generic
SourcePackage: pidgin
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-13-generic x86_64
XsessionErrors:
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1872): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1872): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1987): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (nautilus:1959): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed

[Johan Ryberg (jryberg)]

I also attached a screen shot of how it looks

[Matthew Woerly (nattgew)]

I can confirm this, I get the same thing. Using gnome-shell.

[LGB [Gábor Lénárt] (lgb)]

I can confirm this too. I am using plain metacity (no gnome-shell, no compiz) but with built-in composite support (activated by gconf key).

[Ernst Persson (ernstp)]

I'm pretty sure this is a regression, this used to work!

[Julien Porschen (djul)]

The pidgin icon was transparent in Ubuntu 9.04 amd64, but no more after upgrading to 9.10.

[Johan Ryberg (jryberg)]

Yes, this is an regression since 9.04 amd64 and i386 because it worked before 9.10

[Johan Ryberg (jryberg)]

Not the same bugg.

[Greg Pal (gregorpal)]

 Confirm it too, 9.10, what is this and how to fix it pls. Is there any plugins to get around this?

[Sean Welton (spwelton)]

Also can confirm this. Not a major problem, but it decreases the "fit and finish" of the gnome interface, so to speak.

[Ken (kkinder)]

I believe this is a duplicate of this bug:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/banshee/+bug/403135

[Johan Ryberg (jryberg)]

@Ken, yes, proably. I will put this one as a duplicate

[Santiago Roland (santiago-roland)]

I have this bug all the time. use compiz all the time and ATI restricted drivers from ATI installer. Karmic Koala amd64. This is my screenshot, the icon background clearly is not following panel setting.

Regards,

?field.comment=I have this bug all the time. use compiz all the time and ATI restricted drivers from ATI installer. Karmic Koala amd64. This is my screenshot, the icon background clearly is not following panel setting.

Regards,

[Santiago Roland (santiago-roland)]

I have this bug all the time. use compiz all the time and ATI restricted drivers from ATI installer. Karmic Koala amd64. This is my screenshot, the icon background clearly is not following panel setting.

Regards,

[arky (arky)]

Confirmed on lucid

[Stéphane Travostino (eazy87)]

Got the same issue on Archlinux + Pidgin 2.6.5, so this must be an upstream bug.

[Majki-Fajki (miles-teg)]

Also confirming - Arch Linux + Pidgin. Something wrong with gnome, I suppose.

[Lemmiwinks (lemmiwinks)]

I don't see this bug being fixed. I still got the same behavior using pidgin 2.6.6 on lucid.

[Hernando Torque (htorque)]

Confirming bug not fixed (Lucid Alpha 3).

[n4t (n4t)]

Bug exist - lucid alpha 3.

[michael (michael-anderson)]

Also confirming bug still exists in Lucid Alpha 3.

[markoER (marko-rakamaric)]

i also have this kind of bug, what i see it only affect pidgin tray icons in jaunty not in any other applications.

i relized that bug occour only when I installed libstdc++5, before that process pidgin try icon was ok,
if I purged libstdc++5 , native tray icon of pidgin of isn't fixed i dont know why, maybe libstdc++ messes with some other packages.

Jaunty 9.04
Pidging 2.6.6 Lates or previous version (same things happens)

[BlueStreak (justmadethisupok)]

Running Ubuntu 9.10 on an intel and I too have a black background on my pidgin icon in my panel. Made me remember why I downgraded a few months back to 9.04 :(

[Tsu Jan (tsujan2000)]

This problem is fixed with Lucid patches. I used them in Debian and the tray icon is OK now.

Also see bug #529375.