[window management] With Compiz window decorations are shown both in the panel and in the window itself

[mArcelo]

Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat
package version 0.4-0ubuntu1~bzr375
when you maximize the windows you are using, the layers doesn't fit with the global menu and both give you the same options to maximiza, minimize and close the windows and also the program/folder options

[Florian Boucault (fboucault)]

Marcelo: can you please paste the output of apt-cache show metacity?

[Johan Foolson (johan.foolson)]

I have the exact same problem.

[Florian Boucault (fboucault)]

Thanks for the feedback Woopa!
Could you also paste here the output of the following 2 commands?

dpkg -l metacity
gconftool --get /apps/metacity/general/show_maximized_titlebars

[Johan Foolson (johan.foolson)]

No problem! :)
I've attached what you requested.

[Florian Boucault (fboucault)]

Woopa, unfortunately the output is cut. Can you maximize the window and then do dpkg -l metacity ? Sorry about that.

[Florian Boucault (fboucault)]

Can you also paste the output of:

ps aux | grep metacity

Thanks!

[Johan Foolson (johan.foolson)]

(I am Woopa if you cant see that, i changed my display name to my real one)

This time i maximized the terminal! Haha.

[Florian Boucault (fboucault)]

Johan, thanks for the quick feedback.

So you have the right version of Metacity but it's not used. Compiz is used instead for an unknown reason. Are you using Ubuntu Maverick or Natty?

[Johan Foolson (johan.foolson)]

Maverick.

[Florian Boucault (fboucault)]

Thanks for the answer Johan. Another request in order to understand the issue further. Can you paste the output of the following 2 commands?

gconftool --get /desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager
gconftool --get /desktop/gnome/session/required_components_list

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

this problem only happens when you are using compiz, the issue does not exit
with metacity.

On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 2:59 AM, Florian Boucault <email address hidden>wrote:

> Thanks for the answer Johan. Another request in order to understand the
> issue further. Can you paste the output of the following 2 commands?
>
> gconftool --get /desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager
> gconftool --get /desktop/gnome/session/required_components_list
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to unity-
> 2d.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/705182
>
> Title:
> [window management] window decorations are shown both in the panel and
> in the window itself
>
> Status in Unity 2D:
> Incomplete
> Status in “unity-2d” package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat
> package version 0.4-0ubuntu1~bzr375
> when you maximize the windows you are using, the layers doesn't fit with
> the global menu and both give you the same options to maximiza, minimize and
> close the windows and also the program/folder options
>

[theghost (theghost)]

I have the same issue in Maverick, using Unity-2D via your PPA.
I also pasted the output of your requests. :)

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unity-2d:
  Installiert: 0.4-0ubuntu1~bzr425
  Kandidat: 0.4-0ubuntu1~bzr425
  Versionstabelle:
 *** 0.4-0ubuntu1~bzr425 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/unity-2d-team/unity-2d-daily/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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Output: dpkg -l metacity

Gewünscht=Unbekannt/Installieren/R=Entfernen/P=Vollständig Löschen/Halten
| Status=Nicht/Installiert/Config/U=Entpackt/halb konFiguriert/
         Halb installiert/Trigger erWartet/Trigger anhängig
|/ Fehler?=(kein)/R=Neuinstallation notwendig (Status, Fehler: GROSS=schlecht)
||/ Name Version Beschreibung
+++-===============================-===============================-==============================================================================
ii metacity 1:2.30.2-0ubuntu1upicek6 lightweight GTK+ window manager

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Output: ps aux | grep metacity
user 2208 0.0 0.0 5160 752 pts/0 S+ 09:36 0:00 grep --color=auto metacity

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Output: gconftool --get /desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager
compiz

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Output: gconftool --get /desktop/gnome/session/required_components_list
[windowmanager,panel,launcher,places,filemanager]

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[theghost (theghost)]

Btw, deactivating all "Visual Effects" in the System Settings resolves this issue, instantly.

[<anonymized> (fkrull-deactivatedaccount)]

Compiz can be told not to show window decorations for maximized windows by running the following in a shell:

gconftool-2 --type string --set /apps/compiz-1/plugins/decor/screen0/options/decoration_match '!state=MAXVERT'

That is basically a setting for the window decoration plugin that tells it to ignore vertically maximized windows.

[Lucazade (lucazade)]

In a fresh installation "/apps/metacity/general/show_maximized_titlebars" is set to true instead of false (oneiric and daily ppa)