cannot resize firefox

[cmd673]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

FIrefox is over-maximized. There is no title bar. I cannot grab any window borders to resize it. I can get the system menu only by pressing Alt-spacebar. Even then, maximize and unmaximize have no effect. Move doesn't work either.

Using Ubuntu 8.10. Firefox 3.0.6
apt-cache policy firefox
firefox:
  Installed: 3.0.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1
  Candidate: 3.0.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1
  Version table:
 *** 3.0.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     3.0.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages

What I expect to happen is that the firefox window work like every other window. If it comes up maximized, then the title bar is still visible and I can hit the "unmaximize" button to get a sizing border back.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic i686

[YoBoY (yoboy-leguesh)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Could you please try to obtain a backtrace by following the instructions on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MozillaTeam/Bugs? Also, please answer these questions:
Is this crash reproducible? If so, which are the steps that lead to it?
Which flash package do you have installed?
Which Java package do you have installed?
Which Firefox extensions do you have installed?

This will greatly aid us in tracking down your problem.

Can you also try the F11 key to see if you not are in Fullscreen mode in firefox ?

[YoBoY (yoboy-leguesh)]

We'd like to figure out what's causing this bug for you, but we haven't heard back from you in a while. Could you please provide the requested information? Thanks!

[Dan Forward (danforward)]

It sounds like you accidentally pressed F11. Try pressing F11 again.