diff -Nur -x '*.orig' -x '*~' xfce4-diskperf-plugin-2.2.0/panel-plugin/main.c xfce4-diskperf-plugin-2.2.0.new/panel-plugin/main.c
--- xfce4-diskperf-plugin-2.2.0/panel-plugin/main.c	2008-04-17 09:11:23.000000000 +0200
+++ xfce4-diskperf-plugin-2.2.0.new/panel-plugin/main.c	2008-06-14 12:52:45.000000000 +0200
@@ -553,6 +553,7 @@
     if ((value = xfce_rc_read_entry (rc, (CONF_READ_WRITE_COLOR), NULL))) {
         gdk_color_parse (value, poConf->aoColor + RW_DATA);
     }
+    SetMonitorBarColor (poPlugin);
 
     xfce_rc_close (rc);
 }				/* diskperf_read_config() */