Comment 32 for bug 974242

Screen shots of what I was describing in post #2 of bug report 1017374.

Anoter issue is the gnome pannels display themselves on top of the mplayer when mplayer is in full screen mode. I'm now sure this is a gnome-pannel issue rather than an mplayer one.

Image of mplayer with gnome pannels overlaying video when mplayer was put in full screen mode.
http://www.nerdvest.com/images/cross-linked/ubuntu/bugs/Screenshot_from_2012-06-29_02_40_40.png