Re: Window Borders Disappear
On Wed, 2007-11-21 at 09:42 -0500, Michael Pobega wrote:
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> On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 09:06:59PM -0600, Jack Schneider wrote:
> > On Tue, 2007-11-20 at 10:26 -0500, Michael Pobega wrote:
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> > > On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 02:42:09PM +0000, Jack Schneider wrote:
> > > > Hi, folks
> > > >
> > > > I have lost my Desktop window borders. I am using Debian "lenny"
> > > > updated. Problem occurred after an abortedattempt to install Compiz..
> > > > I get the following error from theSystem>preferences>windows menu.. "
> > > > Cannot start the preferences application for your window
> > > > manager.Window manager "unknown" has not registered a configuration
> > > > tool..
> > > >
> > > > Any help would be great... J ack
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > Why don't you try aptitude reinstall metacity? That may work.
> > >
>
> aptitude purge metacity && aptitude install metacity (If this gives you
> dependency errors reinstall everything else as well).
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Have'nt done this yet,but
A little more info... what might "everything else" entail????
I'm guessing you mean whatever dependency errors occur...
Thanks, Jack
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