Despite the ''Wont fix" mark that mr.Gould set for this bug, i have found a temporary solution.
to change the background color of the applet following is necessary: gedit /home/username/.gtkrc-2.0 and add/change as following: style "fastuserswitchapplet" { bg[NORMAL] = "#262626" fg[NORMAL] = "#FFFFFF" } class "*fast-user-switch-applet*" style "fastuserswitchapplet" widget "*fast-user-switch-applet*" style "fastuserswitchapplet" where bg is background color, fg foreground color, after that kill the applet killall fast-user-switch-applet it should automatically restart, if not run it that should do the trick. Hope someone will save some time with this! -- Using fast-user-switch-applet with a background image inside the gnome panel https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/82442 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