IPhoto 5 delete my desktop picture

I've just installed iPhoto 5 and every time I run a presentation my desktop picture goes away and the default blue one replaces it. If I relaunch the system my picture is there again.
Is there any solution to this?
iMac 600 Mhz Mac OS X (10.3.9) 256 MB RAM

I've had a similar problem, and I think it is a bug in the system. But I get my desktop picture back after I disconnect from the projector. My experience has been that the settings for "desktop picture" are affected when the display changes. So connecting to a projector changes the display setting and thus changes the desktop picture.
If I set the desktop picture when I'm connected, that picture comes back next time I connect to an external display. When I disconnect, my original desktop is back again.

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