Jaunty: Launching gnome-terminal on start up, no title bar appears

[lupv]

Binary package hint: gnome-terminal

When I set gnome-terminal to launch on start-up via Sessions Preferences in the System menu of Ubuntu 9.04 gnome-terminal appears in the top-right corner of the desktop without the title bar which normally appears. The title bar has a Window Menu that pops up when you click on the Terminal icon on the left and with minimize, unmaximize, and close window buttons on the right. The gnome-terminal cannot be moved when it appears without the title bar.

The title bar always appears when I manually launch gnome-terminal after start up. The problem has only appeared when I set it to launch on start-up in Session Preferences.

I would also appreciate also if someone could tell me another way to set it to launch on start-up i.e. which file to modify, rather than going through Session Preferences.

[Lupine (thelupine)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better, but unfortunately I've been unable to reproduce your issue on Ubuntu 8.10. On this same computer your are having this problem on, can you reproduce this issue with an Ubuntu LIVE CD and report back in the problem still exists on Ubuntu 8.10?

[lupv (lupv)]

Unfortunately I don't have a live cd. But could you let me know which file(s) I can modify to try to launch gnome-terminal on start-up? That could also give more info if I am able to launch on start-up via another method.

Also which files are modified by Session Preferences to launch gnome-terminal?

[lupv (lupv)]

Actually it just happened when I set xclock to launch on start-up. Previously xclock appeared (near top of screen but nearer to the center) with no problems but then when it appeared in the top left corner, it's title bar was obscured and again could not move it.

The problem seems to be where (and possibly in what order) gnome chooses to launch the applications. If the ui appears in the top left corner, then it's title bar can get obscured, although firefox launches ok.

So a possible fix could be a matter of setting where the ui should appear e.g. in a script. I would appreciate it anyone has any info how why this is and possible fixes. Thanks.

[Bernhard (b.a.koenig)]

I have this issue with 9.04, didn't you actually mean 9.04 not 8.04?

I have gnome-terminal in Startup and by ccsm settings, it will be put in "Desk 3". But it doesn't work, it shows up in "Desk 1" and misses the title bar. (Title bar comes back if I open a new tab though.)

[Robert Ancell (robert-ancell)]

What visual effects settings do you use? (System>Preferences>Visual Effects).
If you drag the terminal using alt does the menu bar appear?
Can you attach a screenshot of your desktop when this occurs immediately after login?
I've tried to reproduce this in 9.04 with and without visual effect and it has not occurred for me.

[Bernhard (b.a.koenig)]

I have "normal" visual effects (and I might have changed some minor things in ccsm). In my case, the terminal was on the upper left side of the screen, with no title bar. The title bar appeared e.g. if I moved the terminal to another workspace.

I cannot test it nor give you a screenshot at the moment because my compiz fell back to metacity because of a critical bug. Terminal Autostart works normally with metacity wm.

[devo (msburson)]

I'm getting this problem in 9.04. When I try and launch gnome-terminal from a launch applet or from the applications menu or with CTRL + F2 it will say gnome-terminal is starting up in the bottom and then disappear and nothing comes up. The only thing that has changed is me upgrading from 8.10 to 9.04.

[devo (msburson)]

Actually my problem was https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/262950

So I got it fixed.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

this is not a gnome-terminal issue but a window manager one, rejecting the gnome-terminal task since it doesn't contain any code to manage the window manager (borders).

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

we still need the information Robert asked, please provide it to the report, setting the compiz task to incomplete for now.

[Bernhard (b.a.koenig)]

Here, I will attach a screenshot, I had a terminal running under metacity and then forced compiz, which is the same result as running terminal in autostart. If I drag the terminal window down using ALT, then the window title bar appears, almost like it was hidden under the panel (see screenshot).

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thanks for the report, it has been some time without any response or feedback in this bug report and we are wondering if this is still an issue for you with the latest release of Ubuntu the Natty Narwhal, May you please test with that version and comment back if you're still having or not the issue? Please have a look at http://www.ubuntu.com/download to know how to install that version.Thanks in advance.

[rikmik (richard-glynos)]

Sorry not to get back earlier but I upgraded to maverick and the problem was resolved.

On 19 May 2011, at 15:48, Pedro Villavicencio <email address hidden> wrote:

> Thanks for the report, it has been some time without any response or
> feedback in this bug report and we are wondering if this is still an
> issue for you with the latest release of Ubuntu the Natty Narwhal, May
> you please test with that version and comment back if you're still
> having or not the issue? Please have a look at
> http://www.ubuntu.com/download to know how to install that
> version.Thanks in advance.
>
> ** Changed in: compiz (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
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[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thanks.