Why can't I rotate/select my group? Known bug? (CS5)

Question

I have a group of a few layers that I wanted to resize.   As they are in a group and I only want to resize the object, not the picture, I select the move tool, than try to choose 'Edit->Resize'... and get a message telling me there's nothing in my group -- even though I see the object.
Is this another instance of the photoshop ignoring vectors?
Here's a pic of my panel and the object:
This seems like a similar problem to the other bug I found... I don't suppose Adobe ever releases patches?

Answer 1

I converted about half-75% of my layers to vectors, but the rest I need to as paintable surfaces.  I just want the default backgrounds to take 1k vs. 64M.   I have Illustrator, it's impossible to draw with -- inkscape is better than that!  If I was doing drafting, it might be what I needed, but I'm trying graphic arts with painting and effects -- and I need 64-bits I think since with 48G, photoshop uses up to 36 of that before it will spill with a 100-150GB swap file. 
My file was over 3G, without converting to vector layers would have been 4-5GB, (tiff), after converting nearly all the static monocolor layers and gradient layers to vectors, the file shrunk to 250MB. 
It looks cleaner, it's easier to modify things... easier to reposition parts, the problem is that vector elements don't hold or glom on to other vector elements -- the group that I'm trying to maniupulate is composed of pure vector elements... vector shapes (all the same one actually, I was trying to get it manipulatable, but no success).   If I rotate the vectors, none of the gradients (or other vectors) rotate with respect the vector I rotate -- even though they are all locked together.  When I translated them x-y, the centers of the gradients didn't move, even though they are relative to the layer and not to the edges of the picture.
They are different -- you can see this  -- if I disable the vector from a gradient layer, the graident's center shifts to the center of the picture... i.e. a gradient with a transition at the 50% mark oriented vertically, will be at position 2000,0 - 2000,4000, (x,y), (in a 4000x4000 picture) with the vectore turned off.  But with it activated, the center will be at the center of the bounds of the graident layer when you create it.  But if you move it -- it won't move.
If you rotate it , it won't rotate, nor will other linked vectors in the group.
I think that's the same problem with this -- as far as the "rotation/manipulation" s/w is concerned, the vectors and graidents "don't exists"...that's why they say their is nothing in the selection field and that's why they don't rotate vectors or gradients along with their bitmapped accents.
In this case, I built a hair-holder, purely out of gradients and shapes -- turned out much better than my hand painted one.  For many things, I can't use gradients (or if I did, would take way too many layers...)  At 500+ layers, photoshop groans unless I turn most of them off.   A paint/brush stroke can take up to a minute (it only uses 2  out 6 cores max, for filling these in)..   It can't handle that many layers unless they are off.  Why it doesn't process them in parallel -- and why it doesn't do a better job of knowing most of them don't contribute to the area I'm drawing in is beyond me.
Maybe it's the same problem -- since it doesn't see the vector stuff (gradents, fill layers, shapes, vector masks), maybe it doesn't schedule them on multiple processes.
pfaffenbichelr --
All of those masks are vector masks.  No bitmapped graphics in that group anywyhere.
Did you create your example with only vector masks and gradients (or the photog effects).....I think
if I put a bit map layer in there, it would rotate the bitmap layer, but then mixed results on others stuff.
As for reviving old questions... I doubt it would help... they are easily duplicated bugs that Adobe doesn't really want to fix.  If they did, they'd contact me and tell me where to upload my files... and when I could test out my patch. 
I'd love it if they'd fix these problems, but I'm not holding my breath...