Not sure what i did, but all of a sudden my windows title bar is missing in ubuntu 9.10 karmic koala. Any idea how to fix this?

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2 years 28 weeks ago

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  • I got this trouble too.
    I found the value (with gconf-editor) for the following key is missing also,
    when my title-bar of every window is missing.

    /desktop/gnome/shell/windows/button_layout

    I set the key with value
    :minimize,maximize,close

    and then logout/login again
    Finally, the title is appeared again.

    ps. A quick way to launch gconf-editor
    press Alt-F2 > type gconf-editor > press OK

    - Visitor 12 weeks 5 days ago

  • After reboot the title bar is missing again. I have to Select System -> Preferences -> Appearance, choose the Visual Effects Tab and Select Normal
    or Extra radio button
    again, each time after reboot.

    - Visitor 2 years 3 weeks ago
    • Answer

    How is it missing?
    Is it missing as in you have no window border at all?
    run: metacity --replace
    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Metacity
    Or missing as in the name on titles?
    run: gconf-editor
    will pull up the config editor
    go to apps>metacity>generaland you will see button_layout. The default value is:menu:maximize,minimize,close
    or minimize before maximize.
    I'm using Xfce ( Xubuntu ) so its a bit different in that respect.
    ( Xfce 4.6 seems easier now than gnome, less utility muck up and avoids even using gconf-editor, by having simplified tools. )
    Also from memory common occurancy of this is because of compiz not reseting the default window manager back to metacity/xfwm4/etc. when drivers don't support 3D acceleration.

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     answer by Visitor
    2 years 28 weeks ago

  • Hi
    I'm using Xfce as well and I simply restarted the window manager. The following naming is a translation from German an might not match exactly.
    1. Click on "Application Menu" > "Execute Program"
    2. Enter "xfwm4 &"
    3. Click [Execute]

    Good luck!

    - Visitor 21 weeks 4 days ago

  • Thanks man, worked

    - Visitor 26 weeks 10 hours ago

  • OMG THANKS SO MUCH!!! YOU SAVED ME :D

    - Visitor 49 weeks 1 day ago

  • the same thing happenes to me all the time in ubuntu 11.04. i turned off Unity and am using the classic layout, but "metacity --replace" seemed to work for me. thank you.

    - Visitor 50 weeks 1 day ago
    • Answer

    Select System -> Preferences -> Appearance

    Choose the Visual Effects Tab and Select Normal or Extra radio button.
     
    This fixed the problem for me

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     answer by Visitor
    2 years 28 weeks ago

  • yes.. that's really work for me too

    - Visitor 1 year 1 week ago

  • Thank you for your post. It helps me solve my problem too. Thanks buddy.

    - Visitor 1 year 27 weeks ago

  • Forgot to mention, requires a reboot after the above change. Try logging out and logging in before reboot.

    - Visitor 2 years 28 weeks ago

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