Here is the sequence that things appear after logging in on my system....it may be of some use in finding the bug.
1. Login screen 2. Gold solid screen, small mouse pointer @ center of screen 3. **Gnome splash with startup music...and BOTTOM PANEL flashes like it's loading 4. Gold solid screen, larger mouse pointer @ bottom right quarter of screen 5. Desktop background, Top panel, Compiz splash 6. Conky....I have conky on a delay to load after everything else Desktop PC, AMD Sempron 2500+, 22.6.22-14-generic kernel, ATI Radeon 9600XT, default Ubuntu driver, all Gutsy updates are current. Compiz is set to custom and desktop cube is enabled. -- [MASTER] broken initial stacking (was: compiz hides quick loading windows at login) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/147943 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs