Upon removing Beryl, my Ubuntu/Gnome and Kubuntu/KDE windows have lost
their borders, are "stuck" in one position (usually upper left), and have
no control buttons on the upper right of the window.

I also have no multiple desktops.

IceWM seems to run fine, but neither desktop works.

I have tried "dpkg-reconfigure gnome", "dpkg-reconfigure gdm" - neither
seems to have had an effect. I've removed and reinstalled Gnome from the
Synaptic package manager (desperation!), to no avail.

My guess is that an underlying windows manager got hosed on the Beryl
removal - but if Gnome uses Sawfish, and KDE uses kdm, why would they both
be broken?

There are some suspicious entries in .xsession-errors:

Gnome-Message: gnome_execute_async_with_env_fds: returning -1
Gnome-Message: gnome_execute_async_with_env_fds: returning -1
Gnome-Message: gnome_execute_async_with_env_fds: returning -1
evolution-alarm-notify-Message: Setting timeout for 26529 1176958800 1176932271
evolution-alarm-notify-Message: Thu Apr 19 00:00:00 2007

evolution-alarm-notify-Message: Wed Apr 18 16:37:51 2007

** (nautilus:5237): WARNING **: Can not caclulate _NET_NUMBER_OF_DESKTOPS
** (nautilus:5237): WARNING **: Can not calculate _NET_NUMBER_OF_DESKTOPS
** (nautilus:5237): WARNING **: Can not get _NET_WORKAREA
** (nautilus:5237): WARNING **: Can not determine workarea, guessing at layout

Ideas or suggestions? TIA . . .