battery and systemload panel plugins don't display 'progress bar'

[Jasper Huijsmans]

Ben Nelson wrote:
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> Ever since I upgraded to XFCE 4.2.0 the panel plugins that I regularly
> use have stopped displaying their 'progress bars'.  If I hover over
> them, the tooltips display correct information and update on the fly.  I
> miss having the progress bars, though.
> 
> I've tried re-compiling and installing the latest versions of the
> plugins available in portage (I'm a Gentoo user).
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> See screenshot here:
> http://www.venom600.org/computers/panel-ss.jpg
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Very strange, have you tried changing themes?