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

[Hannes Coetzee]

Vijay Makanjee wrote:
> 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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>>     
Move your home directory and create a new one. Copy all your files to 
the new directory but don't copy the hidden config files. You will also 
need .mozilla* and .purple if you use Pidgin. It takes only a few 
minutes. You can test if this will work by creating a new test user 
first and see if the problem still exists.

Hannes

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