no transparent background

[matthew.east at breathe.com]

Hi there, 

I would love it if someone could resolve this problem for me, which has 
tormented me for a while: this terminal is fantastic, but I can't get 
transparent backgrounds working. The details of the problem are described 
here: 

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-351978.html 

Thanks! 

Matt