This drove me crazy also. I found a solution, though. The Dust gtkrc file contains a style section for panels. Change this section to redirect to the dark style. For me, this was around line 287.
Like this: style "panel" = "dark" { engine "murrine" { border_shades = {1.2, 1.0} # draw a gradient on the border. border_colors = { "#343330", "#343330" } } } I've attached my modified gtkrc file. This should replace the file at /usr/share/themes/Dust/gtk-2.0 ** Attachment added: "gtkrc" https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/730968/+attachment/2126230/+files/gtkrc -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/730968 Title: Upgrade from Maverick to Natty ignores some config settings -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs