Comment 7 for bug 962085

From the above. I'd have assumed this is 1. not in precise and 2. not after 0.9.7.4

I am running precise and compiz-core is
ii compiz-core 1:0.9.7.6-0ubuntu1 OpenGL window and compositing manager

and this is what I find in xsession errors:
The program 'gtk-window-decorator' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)'.
  (Details: serial 575507 error_code 3 request_code 20 minor_code 0)
  (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
   that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
   To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
   option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
   backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)

lucky bringing up ccsm and then disabling and re-enabling window decoration restores nicely.