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

[Vijay Makanjee]

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Vijay Makanjee
P O Box 19801 | Tecoma 5214 | South Africa
Ph: 082 601 4353 Fax: 0866563858
email: vijay AT ergo DOT co DOT za


wez wrote, On 15/12/2009 09:09:
> you can reinstall the ubuntu desktop
> packages with
> 
> sudo apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop
> 
I tried the above without luck.

also tried Hannes suggestion of creating new /home folder. This also did
not work.


> 
> 
> 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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