Ubuntu
firefox-3.0 package

  1. Bug #99740
  2. Comment #51

Comment 51 for bug 99740

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Rob Smith (r-a-smith3530) wrote : Re: Firefox problems with desktop-effects

I am running Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) Desktop and Firefox 3.0.4 on a Compaq Evo N600c laptop. My screen resolution is at the default 1024x768 for this machine. I am using Compiz in default configuration. I have not changed either my screen resolution or de-maximized the Firefox window, yet this problem occurs. Firefox will change its window so that the title bar disappears along with both of Ubuntu's panels. When this happens, I cannot minimize Firefox, I can only close it or quit. I can Alt-Tab to access another application in the live window. Following advice I found in another forum, I selected "F11" to toggle from full screen mode and back. This resolved the problem temporarily, but it does come back. This behavior only seems to occur with Firefox. If I use Opera, or if I am using another application, I do not seem to experience the problem. I am using Compiz in default configuration.

Although the F11 trick works, it is but a workaround and not really a fix.