Dock auto-hide busted

My dock function no longer works. This started, I believe, with the recent security fix. I can use the dock if I unhide, but I lose the dock all together when I hide. I tried deleting com.apple.dock.plist but it di dnot help. Any ideas?
Intel Mac Mini 1.67 Mac OS X (10.4.9)

BTW,
Are you are running quickilver? I had the same problem and it was that the "autohide applications when switching" checkbox was selected in the quicksilver preferences. So for those folks out there searching for this problem's solution, don't forget to check the quicksilver preferences.

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