If you enable desktop effects while starting a program, (while the bouncy icon is active) it does not disappear until you log out and in again. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Disable desktop compositing (Shift+Alt+F12) 2. Start a program that takes a little while to start up (e.g. firefox) 3. Quickly re-enable desktop compositing (Shift+Alt+F12) Actual Results: After the program starts the bouncy icon which is on the lower right of the cursor does not go away. Expected Results: The bouncy icon should have disappeared when the program finished launching.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 275616 ***