Using Ubuntu 7.04 Beta and I installed and uninstalled Beryl yesterday and
it did the same thing, but once I'd done a restart I got everything back
again. Don't know what caused it?
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Gerry (The MOTH)
"God Bless Texas" <no.one.no.how@no.where.no.org> wrote in message
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> 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 . . .