--- rxvt-unicode/src/background.C	2011/08/19 17:49:08	1.168
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/background.C	2011/08/21 14:38:39	1.171
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@
   if ((tr_flags & BG_NEEDS_BLUR) && background != NULL)
     {
       ASImage *tmp = blur_asimage_gauss (asv, background, h_blurRadius, v_blurRadius, 0xFFFFFFFF,
-                                         (original_asim == NULL || tint == TINT_LEAVE_SAME) ? ASA_XImage : ASA_ASImage,
+                                         ASA_XImage,
                                          100, ASIMAGE_QUALITY_DEFAULT);
       if (tmp)
         {
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@
         {
           result = scale_asimage (asv, original_asim,
                                   w, h,
-                                  background ? ASA_ASImage : ASA_XImage,
+                                  ASA_XImage,
                                   100, ASIMAGE_QUALITY_DEFAULT);
         }
 
@@ -1343,8 +1343,7 @@
       tr_flags = make_transparency_pixmap ();
       if (tr_flags == 0)
         return false;
-      else if (!(tr_flags & BG_EFFECTS_FLAGS))
-        bg_flags |= BG_IS_VALID;
+      bg_flags |= BG_IS_VALID;
     }
 # endif
 
@@ -1360,7 +1359,7 @@
 # if defined(ENABLE_TRANSPARENCY) && !defined(HAVE_AFTERIMAGE)
   XImage *result = NULL;
 
-  if (tr_flags && !(bg_flags & BG_IS_VALID))
+  if (tr_flags & BG_NEEDS_TINT)
     {
       result = XGetImage (dpy, bg_pixmap, 0, 0, bg_pmap_width, bg_pmap_height, AllPlanes, ZPixmap);
     }
@@ -1368,7 +1367,8 @@
   if (result)
     {
       /* our own client-side tinting */
-      if (tr_flags & BG_NEEDS_TINT)
+      //if (tr_flags & BG_NEEDS_TINT)
+      if (1)
         {
           rgba c (rgba::MAX_CC,rgba::MAX_CC,rgba::MAX_CC);
           if (bg_flags & BG_TINT_SET)
@@ -1383,7 +1383,6 @@
           XPutImage (dpy, bg_pixmap, gc, result, 0, 0, 0, 0, result->width, result->height);
 
           XFreeGC (dpy, gc);
-          bg_flags |= BG_IS_VALID;
         }
 
       XDestroyImage (result);
@@ -1434,7 +1433,7 @@
 #endif /* HAVE_BG_PIXMAP */
 
 #if defined(ENABLE_TRANSPARENCY) && !defined(HAVE_AFTERIMAGE)
-/* taken from aterm-0.4.2 */
+/* based on code from aterm-0.4.2 */
 
 static void
 shade_ximage (Visual *visual, XImage *ximage, int shade, const rgba &c)