--- panel-plugin/notes.c.orig	2008-10-22 13:17:35.116352251 +0800
+++ panel-plugin/notes.c	2008-10-22 13:17:23.583021748 +0800
@@ -181,6 +181,11 @@
   notes_window->window = gtk_window_new (GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
   gtk_window_set_deletable (GTK_WINDOW (notes_window->window), FALSE);
   gtk_window_set_title (GTK_WINDOW (notes_window->window), window_name);
+  GdkScreen *screen = gtk_widget_get_screen(notes_window->window);
+  GdkColormap *colormap = gdk_screen_get_rgba_colormap (screen);
+  if (colormap && gdk_screen_is_composited (screen)){
+    gtk_widget_set_default_colormap(colormap);
+  }
 #ifdef HAVE_XFCONF
   gtk_window_set_skip_taskbar_hint (GTK_WINDOW (notes_window->window),
                                     xfconf_channel_get_bool (notes_plugin->xfconf_channel,
--- panel-plugin/notes.c.orig	2008-10-22 13:37:09.359569264 +0800
+++ panel-plugin/notes.c	2008-10-22 13:36:13.736241544 +0800
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@
   gboolean              show_statusbar = FALSE;
   gboolean              sticky = TRUE;
   gboolean              visible = TRUE;
-  gint                  transparency = 10;
+  gint                  transparency = 0;
   gchar                *font_descr = NULL;
 
   if (G_LIKELY (NULL == notes_window->name))
@@ -1077,7 +1077,7 @@
 {
   guint opacity;
 
-  if (transparency < 0 || transparency > 90)
+  if (transparency < 0 || transparency > 100)
     return;
 
   TRACE ("Set transparency to `%d'", transparency);