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

Vijay Makanjee vijay at ergo.co.za
Mon Dec 14 16:14:54 GMT 2009


wez wrote, On 10/12/2009 09:36:
> Hi Vijay, you can try this thread
> <http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=639808>on ubuntuforums.org
hey thanks but tried that ... didn't work.
any ideas?
 > <http://ubuntuforums.org>, however I can't read it right now as the UF
> site seems to be down ATM :/
> 
> 
> On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Vijay Makanjee <vijay at ergo.co.za
> <mailto:vijay at ergo.co.za>> wrote:
> 
>     Bruno Marques wrote, On 07/12/2009 12:07:
>     > 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
>     I tried that... still does not work on my netbook on 9.10. Probably
>     cause I made the gross error of installing UNR - then removed it... but
>     lost the buttons in the process.
> 
>     Also tried removed all traces of compiz without any success in getting
>     the buttons back..
> 
>     Any ideas
> 
>     Vijay
> 
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