All apps open in upper left corner of screen, no minimize button, can't reposition window.

[reggaeg]

Binary package hint: gnome-terminal

I don't know exactly when it started, I just noticed that the terminal was opening in the upper left corner and there was no way to reposition it.
The only fix is to log out and select the "gnome failsafe" option, then re-login.

[reggaeg (reggaeg)]

I tried this fix, saved the session, logged out, then logged back in.
It worked.
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in ~/.gnome or ~/.gnome2 i think there is a session file. rename it to
session.old and logout and login again.

without that file, the session defaults to the default session. since
you said that your failsafe session works then i think this will solve
your problem.
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reggaeg wrote:
> <pre wrap>Public bug reported:
>
> Binary package hint: gnome-terminal
>
> I don't know exactly when it started, I just noticed that the terminal
> was opening in the upper left corner and there was no way to
> reposition it.
> The only fix is to log out and select the "gnome failsafe" option,
> then re-login.
>
> ** Affects: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: Unconfirmed
>
> </pre></body>
> </html>
> </html>

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thanks for your bug report. Could you try to get a valgrind log for the crash (you can follow the instructions on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Valgrind)?

[reggaeg (reggaeg)]

Sebastien Bacher wrote:
> Thanks for your bug report. Could you try to get a valgrind log for the
> crash (you can follow the instructions on
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Valgrind)?
>
> ** Changed in: gnome-session (Ubuntu)
> Sourcepackagename: gnome-terminal => gnome-session
> Importance: Undecided => Medium
> Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs
> Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info
>
>
      Sorry, but I do not believe that this situation applies. eg...
"Start the program under control of memcheck:" I noticed the problem
sometime after an update was run. After checking the "forum" I realized
that others had experienced the same condition. It seems to have
something to do with the update process.
 I used the fix from :
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This worked for me. I would be glad to help you with this problem in
some other way.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

why do you think using valgrind would not work?

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Could be a duplicate of bug #106350, could you read the description, do you think that's the same one?

[reggaeg (reggaeg)]

Sebastien Bacher wrote:
> Could be a duplicate of bug #106350, could you read the description, do
> you think that's the same one?
>
>
Yes I believe it is the same one.....

[Daniel Holbach (dholbach)]

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported, but feel free to report any other bugs you find.