Seems to definitely be a Human theme issue, since Human-clearlooks and others look fine. I also tried other themes using the murrine engine (murrine dark red, murrine theme pack) and those work as expected.
** Changed in: human-theme (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: gnome-panel => human-theme -- 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 Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs