colour picker in compiz for dash and launcher stopped working.

[Martin-haesler]

With the upgrade to unity 5.10 the colour picker for the dash and launcher stopped working.
I can pick a colour, but after opening the dash, the setting is overriden, and the dash returns to it's default transparent state.

I'd really prefer to be able to pick black as the dash colour, as it's much easier to read than having a transparent dash.

Please have a look at my Screenshot, which should enforce my statement.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: unity 5.8.0+bzr2252ubuntu0+677
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-21.34-generic-pae 3.2.13
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-21-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
CrashDB: unity
Date: Mon Apr 9 11:41:09 2012
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20120325)
MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. F7Se
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-21-generic-pae root=UUID=0a24965b-e8ba-4339-8127-dbd40513fa8b ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 03/21/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 307
dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
dmi.board.name: F7Se
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr307:bd03/21/2008:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnF7Se:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnF7Se:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:ct10:cvr1.0:
dmi.product.name: F7Se
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.6-0ubuntu1~ppa1
version.fglrx-installer: fglrx-installer N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.32-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.2-0ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.2-0ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2

[Martin-haesler (martin-haesler)]

For a comparison, I now have downgraded to 5.8. Please see the screenshot with a black dash.

[Hernando Torque (htorque)]

Thanks for the bug report! However, this has already been filed as bug 975350. I'll mark yours as a duplicate.