xfce4-netload-plugin-0.3.3 was released on 2005-08-21, in portage there's still version 0.3.2-r1. I compiled 0.3.3 today and it seems to work okay. From the changelog: * Fixed memory leak (thanks to Brian J. Tarricone) * Custom bar colors now also work with special Gtk theme engine where the previous code doesn't work (thanks to Brian J. Tarricone) * Fixed bug that causes an invalid displayed string if no device name was set.
0.3.3 is in the tree thanks for the note.