Comment 12 for bug 82205

it is due that the ARGB is not active. For the Nvidia card it is enough to add the option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true" in xorg.conf Device, herea debdiff which fix crash and only that, in this case decorations are invisible :

compiz (1:0.3.6-1ubuntu9) feisty; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/011_snap-by-default.patch:
    disable patch (close #88733, #89592).
  * debian/patches/016-add-ignore-desktop-hints.patch:
    Add --ignore-desktop-hints command line option, which can be used
    to make compiz not read "number of desktops" and "current desktop"
    hints left by previous WM.
  * debian/compiz.wrapper:
    Add --ignore-desktop-hints in default options
  * debian/patches/086-workspaces-terminal-keybindings.patch:
  * debian/patches/088-gnome-bridge-keybindings-plugin.patch:
  * debian/patches/093-add-toggle-window-on-all-desktop.patch:
    Add toggle window on all desktop keybinding (close #94402)
  * debian/patches/092-add-basic-no-tfp-mode.patch:
  * debian/compiz.real.1:
    Add basic no tfp support, backported from beryl. May be fix
    some problem with older card, no-tfp is enabled when compiz
    don't find GLX_EXT_Texture_From_Pixmap in AiGLX or with --no-tfp
    option.
  * debian/patches/094-fix-gtk-window-decorator-no-argb-crash.patch:
    Fix gtk-window-decorator crash when ARGB isn't enabled and only
    that, in this case window-decoration are invisible
    (Close #94140, #82205).
  * debian/patches/098-schemas:
    Schemas regeneration
  * debian/patches/088-gnome-bridge-keybindings-plugin-schemas.patch:
    Dropped.
  * debian/compiz-plugins.gconf-defaults:
    Add left click to TopRight corner scale activation (Close #92493)
    Add zoom plugin by default (Close #93046) Keenan Pepper patch