Ubuntu
compiz package

window borders are missing

Asked by brooks

The windows borders which alllow for window movement via drag, minimize, maximize, close, etc are not visible. Everything was fine until I upgraded the video drivers for my system.

I had to use nvidia driver package "nvidia-linux.x86-96.43.11 due to the particular video card installed. That has allowed me to use a resolution of 1280x1024.

The version on the kernel I am running is 2.6.24-23.

I realize that this is not a lot of information, but I am new at this and don't really know how to find more data. I can provide additional info, if you can tell me what you need and how to determine it.

Any help resolnving this is appreciated.

Thanks
Brooks

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Hemanth (hemanth-hm) said : 		#1

Try ;
$ compiz --replace

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#2

Hi,
if you run compiz, please check in Compiz Manager (system -> preferences -> CCSM)
section 'window decoration' = any

or press F11 twice

Options to try in a terminal
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GnomeTerminal

activate the driver:
sudo nvidia-xconfig

start a window decorator:
gtk-window-decorator

backup xorg.conf:
sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup

in case of edit:
gksudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

or copy & paste the content here

###
an example for the screen section:

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Default Screen"
    Device "Configured Video Device"
    Monitor "Configured Monitor"
    DefaultDepth 24
    Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true" ##added by user
    SubSection "Display"
        Virtual 2048 1536
        Depth 24
        Modes "1280x1024@85" "1280x1024@60" "1280x1024@75"
                         "800x600@60" "800x600@85" "800x600@75" "800x600@72" "800x600@56"
                         "640x480@85" "640x480@75" "640x480@72" "640x480@60"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Coming from this user which had the same problem and screen size 1280x1024
http://paste.ubuntuusers.de/391272/

further help
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Video
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config

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