On 6/5/07, Phil Meyer <pmeyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Clodoaldo wrote: > 2007/6/5, Scott van Looy <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: >> Today Clodoaldo did spake thusly: >> >> > 2007/6/4, Randy Forston <rforston@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: >> >> Clodoaldo wrote: >> >> > 2007/6/4, Lonni J Friedman <netllama@xxxxxxxxx>: >> >> >> On 6/4/07, Clodoaldo <clodoaldo.pinto.neto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> >>> 2007/6/4, Lonni J Friedman <netllama@xxxxxxxxx>: >> >> >>>> On 6/4/07, Clodoaldo <clodoaldo.pinto.neto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> >>>>> 2007/6/4, Lonni J Friedman <netllama@xxxxxxxxx>: >> >> >>>>>> On 6/4/07, Clodoaldo <clodoaldo.pinto.neto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> >>>>>>> Gnome desktop. Using nVidia MX 440 video card with the nVidia >> >> >>>>>>> 96xx driver. >> >> >>>>>>> >> >> >>>>>>> When I logout and login with Desktop Effects enabled >> >> >>>>>>> applicattions restart without the title bar. >> >> >>>>>>> >> >> >>>>>>> To reproduce the bug: >> >> >>>>>>> >> >> >>>>>>> Set the session to automaticaly save changes. >> >> >>>>>>> Open a terminal. >> >> >>>>>>> Open Desktop Effects. >> >> >>>>>>> Unselect "Windows Wobble when Moved". >> >> >>>>>>> Select "Workspaces on a Cube". >> >> >>>>>>> Enable Desktop Effects. >> >> >>>>>>> Logout and Login. >> >> >>>>>>> >> >> >>>>>>> The terminal now starts without the title bar. >> >> >>>>>> >> >> >>>>>> Is the terminal the only window that lacks a title bar, or do >> >> >>>>>> all applications exhibit this behavior? >> >> >>>>> >> >> >>>>> I suggested the terminal because it is fast to start. I tried >> >> >>>>> also with gedit and its behavior is still worse: it gets stuck >> >> >>>>> to the top left corner, hiding the top bar, without the title >> >> >>>>> bar and without the text area. >> >> >>>> >> >> >>>> This isn't a bug, you've not configured X correctly. >> >> >>> >> >> >>> xorg.conf configured by the livna-config-display: What is wrong >> >> >>> with it? >> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> See: >> >> >> http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=77030 >> >> >> http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=46678 >> >> > >> >> > I followed the advice there and added this to xorg.conf: >> >> > >> >> > Section "Extensions" >> >> > Option "Composite" "Enable" >> >> > EndSection >> >> > >> >> > Still the same problem. >> >> > >> >> > Clodoaldo >> >> >> >> This is NOT just an NVIDIA (driver) issue. >> >> >> >> I'll experiment with the xorg advice from the links above, but I >> don't >> >> expect it to change anything. >> >> >> >> I see the same problems using Intel graphics (on-board Intel >> chipset), >> >> running Beryl (or Desktop Effects), in both Fedora 7 and Ubuntu 7.04 >> >> >> >> I first noticed the "missing Titlebar" issue, when I first ran >> Desktop >> >> Effects in either OS. >> > >> > I filed a bug report: >> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=242663 >> >> The "missing titlebar" issue happens when compiz loads but >> gnome-window-decorator doesn't. Try running (from a terminal) compiz >> --replace and seeing what happens. > > The title bars disappear. No text. > > Try running gnome-window-decorator from >> a terminal too - either and/or both should spit out text if they don't >> work right... > > # gnome-window-decorator > -bash: gnome-window-decorator: command not found > > Clodoaldo > I also think that this is a bug, and it was seen in FC6. There is a work around (at least for me). By adding beryl-manager and beryl to my personal startup, the window manager would load correctly when I logged in. System/Preferences/More Preferences/Sessions and Startup Programs tab. The window manager can also be started manually from the beryl-manager (red diamond) in the task bar.
As I noted earlier, this is not a driver bug. The problem here is that no window manger is running at all, hence there are no window decorations on any of the windows. By starting beryl-manager (the window manager), you've started a window manager, and the problem is fixed. If there's any bug here, its in Fedora, not the graphics driver (which has absolutely no control over running a window manager).
