I can confirm this occurs in OpenJDK 6 & 7. As an alternative, you can install Xephyr and a minimal WM
$ sudo apt-get install metacity The following workaround works for me: $ Xephyr :1 -screen 1280x800 inside your Xephyr you will have an xterm shell.. type: $ metacity :1 & You will see a titlebar appear on the enclosed xterm window. Now just run your java applicaiton like you normally would from the terminal. ( if it is a jar file) $ java -jar myjavaapp.jar -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1138517 Title: Latest compiz update breaks Java Swing decorations To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/1138517/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs