Moving .config didn't help, but moving .compiz did, imported compiz backup .profile, done. $ ps aux | grep compiz 1000 5641 3.1 5.1 344704 52872 ? S 11:27 6:18 compiz 1000 5685 0.0 0.0 4096 576 ? Ss 11:27 0:00 /bin/sh -c /usr/bin/compiz-decorator 1000 10895 0.0 0.0 7636 1008 pts/0 S+ 14:51 0:00 grep --color=auto compiz $ ps aux | grep metacity 1000 10903 0.0 0.0 7632 920 pts/0 S+ 14:51 0:00 grep --color=auto metacity
Just for the record when no windowmanager is loaded after login. xession-errors: X Error of failed request: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) Major opcode of failed request: 3 (X_GetWindowAttributes) Resource id in failed request: 0x1800003 Serial number of failed request: 100 Current serial number in output stream: 101 $ ps aux | grep compiz 1000 15615 0.0 0.0 7632 924 pts/0 S+ 22:54 0:00 grep --color=auto compiz $ ps aux | grep metacity 1000 15617 0.0 0.0 7632 924 pts/0 S+ 22:54 0:00 grep --color=auto metacity btw. no differences between a gconf.dump file before and after the issue. no changes between .desktop files (mentioned below) before and after the issue. ------------- Since there're plenty of questions (2004-2010) in englisch and german forums out there regarding 'metacity doesn't start' here is another workaround, which suggest to move compiz.desktop, metacity.desktop, gnome-wm.desktop from .local/share/applications. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?s=ab4dcff2b4a107b078c2c0475015a701&t=1304973&page=2 -- Lucid has no title bars - Metacity issue https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/560082 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to metacity in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
