It used to happen not very often but recently, it is happening a LOT more frequent.
They are not appearing in Firefox but also Thunderbird and Nautilus.
See screenshot.
So is it the WHOLE windows decorations (titlebar and surround) that are missing ?
What happens if you open a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run:
metacity --replace
not 100% sure this applies to gnome-session-fallback … but try it anyway.
Are you attempting to use compiz ?
Oh, and you failed to mention which distro/version again 
(I’m guessing Ubuntu 11.10 with gnome “classic” … but others wouldn’t necessarily know that … try to always include this info)
I didn’t notice that until I did a system update then saw that it didn’t have them.
What happens if you open a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run:metacity --replacenot 100% sure this applies to gnome-session-fallback … but try it anyway.
Not tried that as I have since rebooted.
Are you attempting to use compiz ?
It’s installed but not used it!, shall I uninstall it?
Oh, and you failed to mention which distro/version again ;) (I'm guessing Ubuntu 11.10 with gnome "classic" .. but others wouldn't necessarily know that .. try to always include this info)
Err… Check Sig… :
I have just had to do another reeboot and they had gone again so I typed
metacity --replace
And they’re back
I’ve also found that after typing
metacity --replace
And then closing the Terminal window, the system freezes up!
It might be worth uninstalling anything compiz related … compiz is well known for killing the windows decorator.
(that said, if it aint running, I’d not expect it to … but cant hurt to remove it, eh ?)
run:
dpkg -l | grep compiz
then uninstall anything that’s listed by that output.
Also uninstall fusion-icon if installed.
Try -
metacity --replace &
if that doesn’t work … install screen:
sudo apt-get install screen
Then:
screen metacity --replace
will allow you to exit the terminal.
You could also try running
metacity --replace
from the Alt+F2 “Run” dialog box.
Thhis is still only a workaround though … uninstall the compiz stuff, hopefully that will fix the issue altogether.
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Err.. Check Sig... ::)
I’m sure your sig mentioned Mint/MATE as well when I looked … did you just edit it ?
(actually I’m positive it did … that’s why I said it)
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Just tried the above command and it froze my system???
I’ll have a go at uninstalling fusion-icon if it’s installed, can’t remember.
I’ll make a note of that
I did but it was in the VM.
I have decided to scrap using the VM as I have not managed to install Win7. I was trying tor TWO DAYS to install it. In the process, I had 3 BSOD’s and 6, YES, SIX system restores. I had not yet even begun to ‘USE’ the OS. Just goes to show how crap Window$ is.
Managed it this time…
pooky2483@pooky2483-ubuntu12:~$ dpkg -l | grep compiz
ii compiz 1:0.9.7.12-0ubuntu1 OpenGL window and compositing manager
ii compiz-core 1:0.9.7.12-0ubuntu1 OpenGL window and compositing manager
ii compiz-gnome 1:0.9.7.12-0ubuntu1 OpenGL window and compositing manager - GNOME window decorator
ii compiz-plugins 1:0.9.7.12-0ubuntu1 OpenGL window and compositing manager - plugins
ii compiz-plugins-default 1:0.9.7.12-0ubuntu1 OpenGL window and compositing manager - default plugins
ii compiz-plugins-main 1:0.9.7.0~bzr19-0ubuntu10 Compiz plugins - main collection
ii compiz-plugins-main-default 1:0.9.7.0~bzr19-0ubuntu10 Compiz plugins - main default collection
ii compizconfig-backend-gconf 0.9.5.92-0ubuntu5 Compiz Fusion configuration system - gconf backend
ii compizconfig-settings-manager 0.9.5.92-0ubuntu3 Compiz configuration settings manager
ii libcompizconfig0 0.9.7.0~bzr428-0ubuntu6 Settings library for plugins - OpenCompositing Project
ii python-compizconfig 0.9.5.94-0ubuntu4 Compizconfig bindings for python
pooky2483@pooky2483-ubuntu12:~$
How do I uninstall them?
sudo apt remove purge libcompizconfig0
I know it’s not typed correct but I will look for one of my other threads where its got it typed correctly and just insert the correct thing to remove.
Hi pooky
I’m sure you still use apt-get and purge should have 2 dashes before it such as
sudo apt-get remove --purge libcompizconfig0
but I may be wrong
You saved me the trouble lol
You can string them together into a single command if you want:
sudo apt-get remove --purge compiz compiz-core compiz-gnome compiz-plugins compiz-plugins-default compiz-plugins-main compiz-plugins-main-default compizconfig-backend-gconf compizconfig-settings-manager libcompizconfig0 python-compizconfig
I’ve gone to the Ubuntu Software Centre and uninstalled it that way… A lot easier
ta anyways
Not sure I’d agree with “easier” … I bet I could type and run that command before you even got the Software Centre started
lol… I’ll race you