[ubuntu-za] Close, minimize, expand buttons gone

wez wesley.werner at gmail.com
Mon Dec 7 12:39:03 GMT 2009


Good stuff, glad it worked :)

On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Bruno Marques <bruno at tropical.co.mz> wrote:

>  wez wrote:
>
> Hi Bruno.
> It sounds like your display manager (metacity) konked out. this happens
> when Compiz or some other compositor tries something that Metacity doesn't
> like.
>
> open a terminal (applications -> accessories -> terminal) and enter
>
> metacity --replace
>
> This worked for me on Intrepid, I'm guessing it will still work in Karmic.
> I cant test it now, at work, but give that a go.
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 9:25 AM, Bruno Marques <bruno at tropical.co.mz>wrote:
>
>> hello all, i just made a restart of my ubuntu box, after uninstalling
>> Firefox, when the system got back on, i noticed every window that i
>> opened, be it, nautilus, a a settings window, another browser and etc
>> i couldn't find those 3 buttons, minimize, close and maximize buttons on
>> the top right corner, and i cant even drag the windows around
>>
>> what can fix this as i cant seem to find a solution?
>>
>> regards
>>
>> Bruno Marques
>>
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>
>  Worked Fine, Thanks for the tip ;)
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