Turn of having Gnome draw the background. Install gconf-editor if you do not have it, run gconf-editor, go to /desktop/gnome/background and uncheck the "draw_background" value. Not only does it fix the problem, it also is much more responsive.
Turn of having Gnome draw the background. Install gconf-editor if you do not have it, run gconf-editor, go to /desktop/ gnome/backgroun d and uncheck the "draw_background" value. Not only does it fix the problem, it also is much more responsive.