Which metacity are you running? Does 2.18 help? Brice
Amazingly... yes! A quick apt-get install -t unstable metacity , and things are working again!Exactly why this should be so, I don't know... since I tried a failsafe xterm session with no WM running at all, it's not related to --replacing metacity. I can only conclude that.... gtk-window-decorator shares some code with metacity to do it's drawing? They use the same theme engine after all... Does there need to be a package dependency set somewhere?
I wish I could post exactly what else apt pulled in when I upgraded metacity, but after I'd quickly switched to a VT, X gave me a big black unresponsive stare when I switched back. But, no matter, since restarting gdm and logging in, I have my window decorations again!
Thanks! -James