I can confirm this issue and that turning off desktop effects works round the issue.
I ran into the issue after making a machine headless and moving it so had to disable desktop effects in the terminal. Todo this you use the two commands below then restart.
I can confirm this issue and that turning off desktop effects works round the issue.
I ran into the issue after making a machine headless and moving it so had to disable desktop effects in the terminal. Todo this you use the two commands below then restart.
gconftool -s -t string /desktop/ gnome/applicati ons/window_ manager/ current /usr/bin/metacity gnome/applicati ons/window_ manager/ default /usr/bin/metacity
gconftool -s -t string /desktop/