[Mageia-dev] Where is the KDE WM ?

Frank Griffin ftg at roadrunner.com
Fri Jul 15 21:06:11 CEST 2011


On 07/15/2011 02:28 PM, Frank Griffin wrote:
> Has anyone else noticed that as of updating yesterday or today, the 
> windows in KDE have no titlebars, and cannot be moved or closed 
> (except through the individual app) ?
>
> I used to see this occasionally under GNOME 2.32, but logging out/in 
> again usually put it right.  That doesn't work in the current KDE.  
> All windows open in the top left of the screen with no enclosing 
> frame, i.e. the MenuBar is the topmost thing you see.
>

Turning Compiz off gets the titlebars back, but I've had Compiz on for a 
week or more without this problem.  Googling shows that there is some 
conflict between Compiz and KDE, and other distro forums mentioned a 
compiz-kde package.  Has something similar not been rebuilt for the new 
KDE ?


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