I'm having similar issues, and I dunno how to fix it (the above suggestions aren't working). I'm on Ubuntu 9.04 as well. It's nothing to do with the desktop theme.
My problem is a bit quirkier... I had some apps open the other night ("ssh -X" windows) that overlapped the Gnome panel. I had to shut down the computer quickly to leave (just powered down) and now the window headers have become the new background for my Gnome panel. I dunno how that even happened. Changing themes just keeps 'em there. It doesn't hinder anything, but it looks atrocious and it's difficult to see many of the icons/etc up there now. How do I get my original panel back? ** Attachment added: "Gnome Panel Screenshot" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36314492/Screenshot.png -- cannot change background color on parts of panel https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/349774 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs