Lost window title bar and min/max/close Buttons

**Tony Flury** · May 4th, 2011

Originally Posted by matt_symes

Hi

You could try to reset all your gconf settings. It will wipe out any customisations you have but it might fix the issue.

Make a backup of your home directory first including all the hidden files and folders.

From the terminal.

Code:

gconftool-2 --recursive-unset /

If anybody else has other suggestions please chip in.

Kind regards

Will try that as a last resort - I would like to find a log file which indicates what is actually failing in the first place - i don't understand the folder heirarchy well enough. Also whatever the problem is - running compiz from the menu (The launcher just executes "compiz" - no arguments) solves the problem - which suggests that the gnome config is ok - and that something else is failing to start.

**matt_symes** · May 4th, 2011

Hi

If you want a log to look through have a look at .xsession-errors (that's <dot>xsession-errors) in your home directory. It's a hidden file.

Kind regards

**Tony Flury** · May 5th, 2011

Originally Posted by matt_symes

Hi

If you want a log to look through have a look at .xsession-errors (that's <dot>xsession-errors) in your home directory. It's a hidden file.

Kind regards

Ok - i have rigged things to save the .xsession-errors file before i start "compiz" i attach it here - i have looked through it and can't see anything obvious - another pair of eyes might spot something.

**matt_symes** · May 6th, 2011

Hi

I can't see much wrong with your .xsession-errors file apart from RingSensorsScreenlet but that should not cause the problem.

Do you still get the issue with Compiz switched off ? Does your second user have Compiz switched on ?

Kind regards