Please change the line StartupNotify=true to StartupNotify=false in mplayer.desktop because gmplayer does _not_ support startup notification. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce:
Symptoms of the problem (and steps to reproduce): - launch mplayer from the gnome menu - wait until it is started - move the cursor above its window: the cursor changes into an hour-glass, although the program is already running
Confirmed. This is quite annoying.
Fixed, thanks