After an update Gnome on my Ubuntu system started acting strange: windows with no borders, unable to focus any windows except the last one opened, unable to move windows around the screen even with the Alt+drag trick… Solution came from the Ubuntu forums. Open gconf-editor, browse to /desktop/gnome/applications/window_manager/ and change the current and default keys to /usr/bin/metacity instead of /usr/bin/compiz. The update must have changed from metacity back to compiz (desktop effects) but on my current setup compiz doesn’t start, probably some graphics driver issues again, so I was running the toolbar and desktop part of Gnome but no window manager.
May 28th, 200810:10 pm
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