when I try and show winamp, If the desktop doesnt have the focus the the winamp windows only show in the vwm. as soon as I click on the desktop, winamp appears.

anyone know what I can do about this? It didn't use to happen

Winamp 2: check the otpions, enable LS VWM compatibility mode or whatever it was.
Winamp 5: the playlist will follow you around desktops.

winamp 5, but that isnt the problem that I am interested in.

the problem occurs with sage theme.

I think its a rabidvm config problem