[Wylug-help] ubuntu window problem

[James Holden]

On Sun, Jul 22, 2007 at 08:34:01PM +0100, scott wrote:
> Hi
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> I have installed ubuntu 7.04, because I am crap with linux and need
> something simple.  After the updates I now have no windows (as in the
> surround for an application i.e minimize maximize and shut down button) I
> have installed beryl so I can move the applications around and now the
> windows application is saying that beryl hasn't configured a windows
> manager.  Every time I type something in to a search engine to find a
> solution M$ windows pops up not a linux windows manager problem.  Could
> anyone help?


Hi Scott,

It looks like your window manager is missing or misbehaving.

Under Gnome on Ubuntu, it's metacity.

Try the following in a terminal window:

sudo apt-get --reinstall install metacity

Btw, did you know about the google linux search? www.google.com/linux


Regards,

James

 
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