Tobias: That PPA sadly requires GnomeShell 3.12 actually, it won't work with vanilla installation.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-terminal in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1292282 Title: background transparency is not working on gnome terminal Status in GNOME Terminal: Invalid Status in One Hundred Papercuts: Confirmed Status in “gnome-terminal” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The "transparent background" option of the gnome terminal is not working properly, the screen background turns black instead of transparent when a solid color is used as backgoround and if an image is being used it will only be visible when the bar is set to none, otherwise it will return to the last solid color selected. I'll attach scrrens on both cases. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: gnome-terminal 3.6.2-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-17.37-generic 3.13.6 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-17-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Thu Mar 13 14:14:17 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-04 (9 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.04 "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140301) SourcePackage: gnome-terminal UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-terminal/+bug/1292282/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp