I'm not an ubuntu user but I've been experiencing that problem. I've applied patches from here, then applied all patches from ubuntu, that You apply - still nothing.
Tried to apply the patch from upstream, but vte didn't build. Ppl here seem to have resolved their problems, but I can't ;/ -- gnome-terminal composite transparency no longer works https://launchpad.net/bugs/91985 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs