Ubuntu
gnome-session package

no window borders after logging on

Bug #537631 reported by Bas
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gnome-session (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

At boot time, the system sort of "hangs" with a cursor in the upper left corner and a mouse pointer in the middle. After pressing [ENTER] the boot continues. I have an NVidia graphics card. The login screen appears as normal, and I can login as usual. After login, however, my windows do not have borders. I must go to Appearance and enable-disable window effects. (which can't be enabled due to the use of the builtin drivers as the Nvidia closed source drivers do not work properly yet.)

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Bas (bas-vermulstweb) wrote :

As I don't know to which package it belongs, I placed a general bug report.
This is from an 9.10 upgraded system.

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Gabe Gorelick (gabegorelick) wrote :

So it works normally when you disable visual effects? In other words, it fails when you run compiz.

affects: ubuntu → compiz (Ubuntu)
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Travis Watkins (amaranth) wrote :

Actually he says compiz cannot run on his hardware so apparently gnome-session is failing to start metacity.

affects: compiz (Ubuntu) → gnome-session (Ubuntu)
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Bas (bas-vermulstweb) wrote :

If I start metacity by hand after logging on, all is well indeed!!

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uds (durban77) wrote :

Same to me, no window borders in gnome, kde. ubuntu 9.10, nvidia, laptop.
After manual starting of "metacity --replace -c" it crashes.
After second launch, window have borders.
This is not affected by compiz, with no decorations, borderlessness remains.
Starting with gnome (minimal), windows have borders.
Strange bug, log files have no errors, just the first metacity launch has errors.

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Bas (bas-vermulstweb) wrote :

My issue is resolved by creating a new user and using this user to log on. Seems some strange setting in the (old, upgraded?) user profile!

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

Thanks for the report, it has been some time without any response or feedback in this bug report and we are wondering if this is still an issue for you with the latest release of Ubuntu the Natty Narwhal, May you please test with that version and comment back if you're still having or not the issue? Please have a look at http://www.ubuntu.com/download to know how to install that version.Thanks in advance.

Changed in gnome-session (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.

Changed in gnome-session (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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