I spent the last two days fixing regressions in the Murrine engine related to the unholy mix of Cairo 1.9 and the NVIDIA proprietary drivers. As a result, I now have a patch that should almost completely fix the dreaded white widgets bug in Maverick. I have prepared a PPA and uploaded the packages to build while I’m waiting for my patch to get reviewed and sponsored into Ubuntu proper. (Isn’t it ironic that I, a MOTU, have to rely on sponsorship for so many of my uploads because they touch packages in main?)

There is also Docky, and it’s most certainly also Cairo-related, but it’s a separate problem and I’ll look into it alter. As for Pinta, the grey canvas problem I mentioned in my previous post was also not Murrine-related (but it was Cairo-related), and is now actually patched in Maverick, along with the upgrade to version 0.4.

On an unrelated note, I fixed (in Maverick) the bug with the Epiphany bookmarks menu not being updated in the application menu. Epiphany users, rejoice!