Problem with VIM GUI

Hi,

I have this strange condition happening both on Cygwin gvim (and vim -
g) and on Linux.
The gvim GUI is missing menu bar (the one with File, Edit etc) and the
main window is not usable, i.e. it's not possible to enter text.
Either that or it's in a font so small as render it invisible.

See examples: http://picasaweb.google.com/izaqyos/Work?authkey=Gv1sRgCJOj85WR_rTp1QE&feat=directlink

I tried deleting my .vimrc for fear that I introduced a bomb to it but
the error persists when I load gvim w/o my .vimrc.
VIM works well w/o GUI.

Any idea how do I start to troubleshoot that?

TIA,
Yosi
These are the gvim version outputs.
Cygwin:

IM - Vi IMproved 7.3 (2010 Aug 15, compiled Aug 18 2010 23:57:10)
Included patches: 1-3
Compiled by Cygwin/X <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>
Huge version with GTK2 GUI. Features included (+) or not (-):
+arabic +autocmd +balloon_eval +browse ++builtin_terms +byte_offset
+cindent
+clientserver +clipboard +cmdline_compl +cmdline_hist +cmdline_info
+comments
+conceal +cryptv +cscope +cursorbind +cursorshape +dialog_con_gui
+diff
+digraphs +dnd -ebcdic +emacs_tags +eval +ex_extra +extra_search
+farsi
+file_in_path +find_in_path +float +folding -footer +fork() +gettext
-hangul_input +iconv +insert_expand +jumplist +keymap +langmap
+libcall
+linebreak +lispindent +listcmds +localmap -lua +menu +mksession
+modify_fname
+mouse +mouseshape +mouse_dec -mouse_gpm -mouse_jsbterm
+mouse_netterm
-mouse_sysmouse +mouse_xterm +multi_byte +multi_lang -mzscheme
+netbeans_intg
-osfiletype +path_extra -perl +persistent_undo +postscript +printer
+profile
-python -python3 +quickfix +reltime +rightleft -ruby +scrollbind
+signs
+smartindent -sniff +startuptime +statusline -sun_workshop +syntax
+tag_binary
+tag_old_static -tag_any_white -tcl +terminfo +termresponse
+textobjects +title
+toolbar +user_commands +vertsplit +virtualedit +visual +visualextra
+viminfo
+vreplace +wildignore +wildmenu +windows +writebackup +X11 -xfontset
+xim
+xsmp_interact +xterm_clipboard -xterm_save
system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc"
user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
system gvimrc file: "$VIM/gvimrc"
user gvimrc file: "$HOME/.gvimrc"
system menu file: "$VIMRUNTIME/menu.vim"
fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/share/vim"
Compilation: gcc -g -O2 -pipe -fno-strength-reduce -I/usr/include/
ncursesw -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK -D_REENTRANT -
I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/include/
atk-1.0 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/
gio-unix-2.0/ -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/
usr/include/pixman-1 -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/
libpng14 -g -O2 -pipe
Linking: gcc -g -O2 -pipe -fno-strength-reduce -I/usr/include/
ncursesw -L/usr/lib/ncursesw -o gvim.exe -lgtk-x11-2.0 -lgdk-
x11-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpangocairo-1.0 -lXinerama -lXi -
lXrandr -lXcursor -lXcomposite -lXdamage -lpangoft2-1.0 -lgio-2.0 -
lXext -lXfixes -lcairo -lpixman-1 -lglitz -lpng14 -lxcb-render-util -
lXrender -lxcb-render -lxcb -lXau -lpango-1.0 -lfontconfig -lexpat -
lfreetype -lz -lgobject-2.0 -lgmodule-2.0 -lgthread-2.0 -lglib-2.0 -
lintl -lXt -lX11 -lSM -lICE -lm -lncurses -liconv -lintl

Linux:
$ gvim --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 (2010 Aug 15, compiled Aug 16 2010 12:01:47)
Compiled by yizaq@yizaq-lnx
Huge version with GTK2 GUI. Features included (+) or not (-):
+arabic +autocmd +balloon_eval +browse ++builtin_terms +byte_offset
+cindent
+clientserver +clipboard +cmdline_compl +cmdline_hist +cmdline_info
+comments
+conceal +cryptv +cscope +cursorbind +cursorshape +dialog_con_gui
+diff
+digraphs +dnd -ebcdic +emacs_tags +eval +ex_extra +extra_search
+farsi
+file_in_path +find_in_path +float +folding -footer +fork() +gettext
-hangul_input +iconv +insert_expand +jumplist +keymap +langmap
+libcall
+linebreak +lispindent +listcmds +localmap -lua +menu +mksession
+modify_fname
+mouse +mouseshape +mouse_dec +mouse_gpm -mouse_jsbterm
+mouse_netterm
-mouse_sysmouse +mouse_xterm +multi_byte +multi_lang -mzscheme
+netbeans_intg
-osfiletype +path_extra +perl +persistent_undo +postscript +printer
+profile
+python -python3 +quickfix +reltime +rightleft -ruby +scrollbind
+signs
+smartindent -sniff +startuptime +statusline -sun_workshop +syntax
+tag_binary
+tag_old_static -tag_any_white -tcl +terminfo +termresponse
+textobjects +title
+toolbar +user_commands +vertsplit +virtualedit +visual +visualextra
+viminfo
+vreplace +wildignore +wildmenu +windows +writebackup +X11 -xfontset
+xim
+xsmp_interact +xterm_clipboard -xterm_save
system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc"
user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
system gvimrc file: "$VIM/gvimrc"
user gvimrc file: "$HOME/.gvimrc"
system menu file: "$VIMRUNTIME/menu.vim"
fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/local/share/vim"
Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK -
DXTHREADS -D_REENTRANT -DXUSE_MTSAFE_API -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/
lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/
include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/freetype2/
config -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -g -O2
-I/usr/X11R6/include
Linking: gcc -L/usr/X11R6/lib -rdynamic -L/usr/local/lib -o vim
-Wl,--export-dynamic -lgtk-x11-2.0 -lgdk-x11-2.0 -latk-1.0 -
lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpangoxft-1.0 -lpangox-1.0 -lpango-1.0 -lgobject-2.0 -
lgmodule-2.0 -lglib-2.0 -lXt -lncurses -lselinux -lacl -lgpm -
rdynamic /usr/cisco/packages/perl/perl-5.8.6/lib/5.8.6/i686-linux/
auto/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.a -L/usr/cisco/packages/perl/perl-5.8.6/lib/
5.8.6/i686-linux/CORE -lperl -lcrypt -lutil -lc -L/usr/lib/python2.3/
config -lpython2.3 -lpthread -lutil -lm -Xlinker -export-dynamic

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