I've been using Ximian Desktop 2 on a few different machines and haven't seen
anything like that.  I did run into a problem with Mozilla however not allowing
me to download files which was fixed by removing and reinstalling Mozilla. 
Perhaps a reinstall of Nautilus and/or Metacity would help.

Brady

> This may be a bug, but I have a problem with my mouse pointer 
> `disappearing' whevever the screen refreshes. 
> 
> Just in case someone has an idea or a solution, here's what I have: 
> AthlonXP 2200+ on an ASUS A7N266 mobo, 512MB RAM, old Sony monitor 
> (es100, I think), integrated nvidia GeForce2, IBM PS/2 Optical 
> wheelmouse (same behavior found with a generic two-button and with a MS 
> Intellimouse).
> 
>    Environment is: RH9, Ximian Desktop 2. (Same behavior with the 
> default Gnome desktop).
>    Here's the behavior: If I use an image for the background, the mouse 
> disappears right after logging in, or whenever I change the background.  
> This is helped slightly if I choose the `tile' option; then the mouse 
> pointer disappears less frequently, but it still does so (for example, 
> running Mozilla full-screen, close it, pointer disappears).  I also will 
> get a half-disappeared pointer while browsing, when clicking on a link; 
> it's as though the link is being redrawn over-top of the pointer image, 
> and the pointer is not redrawn afterward.
> 
>    To make the pointer reappear, I usually have to somehow open some 
> type of dialog box or application, and wave the pointer until it passes 
> over the edge of the window or a button or some other widget; I'm 
> guessing that when the mouse does this, something explicitly tells Gnome 
> or Nautilus (or whatever is redrawing the screen-image) to refresh the 
> pointer.
> 
>    Like I said, this may be more of an actual bug in gnome or nautilus, 
> though I have never experienced it when installing on my old PC.  It's 
> definitely annoying.  I'll probably talk to some people in #bugs or 
> #gnome on irc.gnome.org, and if they help me solve it, I'll certainly 
> post it here.
> 
> Any help is appreciated; Thanks,
> Phil
> 
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