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compiz package

Windows border not visible

Asked by Sky1927

Hello, I'm not a linux expert and I think I must've done something fatal. I can't see my windows border, and as such I can't minimise or move my windows around. I saw the solution provided for Question #20756 and I am using Compiz and tried the solution offered but it wasn't helpful. I use this PC as my research PC so I perform all experiments on it. What have I done wrong and can it be rectified.

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ndv (ndv-excite) said : 		#1

try to launch metacity again

open a terminal
launch the command:
metacity --replace

report the result

cheers

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Sky1927 (chuzy-sky) said : 		#2

Thanks u're a life saver. Thanks so much. Worked like magic

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HayManMarc (haymanmarc) said : 		#3

I had the same problem - here's what I did.

In a terminal, I entered:

metacity --replace

The window borders came back, but the terminal seemed to be stuck. I tried to close the terminal and the terminal window disappeared, but it's button stayed on my taskbar. I couldn't reopen it. While trying other things (opening other apps), I noticed I lost window borders again.

I restarted the computer.

After restart, I immediately opened a terminal.
Again, I entered:

metacity --replace

and again, it seemed to get stuck. Instead of closing the terminal window, I clicked 'File' --> 'Open Tab' and opened a new, unstuck terminal in a new tab, all within the same window. In the new terminal tab, I entered:

compiz --replace

The terminal spat out a string of data and info for a couple of seconds. When it finished, everything was fixed.

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HayManMarc (haymanmarc) said : 		#4

I take that all back. I restarted the computer and I'm back with no window borders again. ugh!

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HayManMarc (haymanmarc) said : 		#5

I didn't realize that the terminal was stuck again after entering: compiz --replace. When I try to close the terminal, it warns me that a process is still running and closing the window will kill the process. If I close it anyway, sometimes the window borders stay and sometimes they don't. But every time I restart the computer, it reverts back to 'no window borders'. So, I'm still trying to figure it out.

It's strange, because everything worked fine for months. (Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty - Gnome)

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#6

Please don't append a new question on a already answered or marked as solved question.

Please create a separate thread for your new question, or else visitors to this solution page
will get confused.

Please make new question from here: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+addquestion
you will get better chance to get right answer on a fresh tagged "open" question.
Solved or answered questions are usually not read from answering people.

Thank you

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HayManMarc (haymanmarc) said : 		#7

Thank you, marcobra. I'll go that route next time.

I figured it out, by the way. I ended up completely removing compiz and installing it again. I then went and set the settings in System-->Preferences-->Appearance-->Visual Effects to 'Normal' instead of 'None'. I don't know if uninstalling and reinstalling were necessary. Everything else that I could find and understand about this issue didn't SEEM to work as I tried them. I don't know if any of those steps were crucial to getting it working properly, either.

But it works now. Thanks Ubuntu Help Forums!! I feel like I'm actually learning! :)