To bump the date on previous commenters in case there are some who come along reading this in the new year (2020), I can confirm
a) This is still a problem in 18.04.4 LTS (IntelĀ® UHD Graphics (Comet Lake 3x8 GT2)) b) priv's workaround from post #17 still works! -- 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/561370 Title: gnome-terminal transparency no longer works reliably (usually opaque, but sometimes shows transparency) Status in gnome-terminal package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: gnome-terminal transparency no longer works reliably (usually opaque, but sometimes shows transparency) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/561370/+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