I look at our master page and the code for the mysite links (and the my links
links) is as follows..

Now when I check this against default.master, it is exactly the same..and by the
way, default,master doesn't show the links either..

HOWEVER, when I look at another default.master in a different environment I can
see the links..

IN ADDITION,
when looking at the page in SPD, I get an error when displaying the control in
design view..the error is:
Error rendering control - unnamed6

Does anyone have any ideas here?