diff -r 69f260ac8ea8 -r f883709bdba4 pidgin/gtkroomlist.c
--- a/pidgin/gtkroomlist.c	Mon Nov 22 10:18:15 2010 +0000
+++ b/pidgin/gtkroomlist.c	Thu Nov 25 22:30:18 2010 +0000
@@ -359,8 +359,10 @@
 	int current_height, max_width;
 	int max_text_width;
 	GtkTextDirection dir = gtk_widget_get_direction(GTK_WIDGET(grl->tree));
-
-	style = grl->tipwindow->style;
+  cairo_t *cr =
+        gdk_cairo_create(GDK_DRAWABLE(gtk_widget_get_window(grl->tipwindow)));
+    
+	style = gtk_widget_get_style(grl->tipwindow);
 
 	max_text_width = MAX(grl->tip_width, grl->tip_name_width);
 	max_width = TOOLTIP_BORDER + SMALL_SPACE + max_text_width + TOOLTIP_BORDER;
@@ -368,26 +370,28 @@
 	current_height = 12;
 
 	if (dir == GTK_TEXT_DIR_RTL) {
-		gtk_paint_layout(style, grl->tipwindow->window, GTK_STATE_NORMAL, FALSE,
-				NULL, grl->tipwindow, "tooltip",
+		gtk_paint_layout(style, cr, GTK_STATE_NORMAL, FALSE,
+				grl->tipwindow, "tooltip",
 				max_width - (TOOLTIP_BORDER + SMALL_SPACE) - PANGO_PIXELS(600000),
 				current_height, grl->tip_name_layout);
 	} else {
-		gtk_paint_layout (style, grl->tipwindow->window, GTK_STATE_NORMAL, FALSE,
-				NULL, grl->tipwindow, "tooltip",
+		gtk_paint_layout (style, cr, GTK_STATE_NORMAL, FALSE,
+				grl->tipwindow, "tooltip",
 				TOOLTIP_BORDER + SMALL_SPACE, current_height, grl->tip_name_layout);
 	}
 	if (dir != GTK_TEXT_DIR_RTL) {
-		gtk_paint_layout (style, grl->tipwindow->window, GTK_STATE_NORMAL, FALSE,
-				NULL, grl->tipwindow, "tooltip",
+		gtk_paint_layout (style, cr, GTK_STATE_NORMAL, FALSE,
+				grl->tipwindow, "tooltip",
 				TOOLTIP_BORDER + SMALL_SPACE, current_height + grl->tip_name_height, grl->tip_layout);
 	} else {
-		gtk_paint_layout(style, grl->tipwindow->window, GTK_STATE_NORMAL, FALSE,
-				NULL, grl->tipwindow, "tooltip",
+		gtk_paint_layout(style, cr, GTK_STATE_NORMAL, FALSE,
+				grl->tipwindow, "tooltip",
 				max_width - (TOOLTIP_BORDER + SMALL_SPACE) - PANGO_PIXELS(600000),
 				current_height + grl->tip_name_height,
 				grl->tip_layout);
 	}
+  cairo_destroy(cr);
+
 	return FALSE;
 }