diff -ruN fe-gtk.orig/gtkutil.c fe-gtk/gtkutil.c
--- fe-gtk.orig/gtkutil.c	2006-09-06 17:23:49.000000000 +0200
+++ fe-gtk/gtkutil.c	2007-11-04 16:29:36.000000000 +0100
@@ -536,6 +536,14 @@
 	GtkWidget *win;
 
 	win = gtk_window_new (GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
+    GdkScreen *screen;
+    GdkColormap *colormap;
+    screen = gtk_widget_get_screen(GTK_WIDGET(win));
+    colormap = gdk_screen_get_rgba_colormap(screen);
+    if(colormap != NULL && gdk_screen_is_composited (screen))
+    {
+        gtk_widget_set_colormap(GTK_WIDGET(win), colormap);
+    }
 	gtkutil_set_icon (win);
 	gtk_window_set_title (GTK_WINDOW (win), title);
 	gtk_window_set_default_size (GTK_WINDOW (win), width, height);
diff -ruN fe-gtk.orig/xtext.c fe-gtk/xtext.c
--- fe-gtk.orig/xtext.c	2006-09-06 17:23:49.000000000 +0200
+++ fe-gtk/xtext.c	2007-11-04 16:39:47.000000000 +0100
@@ -897,6 +897,15 @@
 	gdk_window_set_user_data (widget->window, widget);
 
 	xtext->depth = gdk_drawable_get_visual (widget->window)->depth;
+    if(xtext->depth == 32)
+    {
+        if(xtext->transparent)
+        {
+            guint8* pixel = &xtext->palette[XTEXT_BG];
+            pixel[3] = 0xdd;
+        }
+        xtext->transparent = FALSE;
+    }
 
 	val.subwindow_mode = GDK_INCLUDE_INFERIORS;
 	val.graphics_exposures = 0;
@@ -3924,6 +3933,29 @@
 {
 	GdkGCValues val;
 
+	/* rgba mode */ 
+	if(xtext->depth == 32)   
+	{
+		if(trans)
+		{
+			guint8* pixel = &xtext->palette[XTEXT_BG];
+			pixel[3] = 0xdd;                          
+		}
+		else
+		{   
+			guint8* pixel = &xtext->palette[XTEXT_BG];
+			pixel[3] = 0xff;                          
+		}
+		xtext_set_fg (xtext, xtext->fgc, XTEXT_FG);   
+		xtext_set_bg (xtext, xtext->fgc, XTEXT_BG);
+		xtext_set_fg (xtext, xtext->bgc, XTEXT_BG);
+		/* rgba mode breaks the old transparency mechanism
+		* X11 Bad Match. */
+		trans = FALSE;
+		shaded = FALSE;
+		pixmap = 0;    
+	}
+
 #if !defined(USE_XLIB) && !defined(WIN32)
 	shaded = FALSE;
 	trans = FALSE;