This problem went away a little while ago with one of the (roughly) weekly dist-upgrades I did. I just forgot to add a comment to say so, my apologies.
-- In Dapper Kubuntu, Kopete doesn't seem to go transparent when inactive https://launchpad.net/bugs/35738 -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
