No Window Borders, Ultimate Edition 4.2 Lite x64

[Wolfie Lee]

Been out of the loop a long time without internet. Moving out of 2.7, believe it or not. Do I need to add the Ultimate Repo to synaptic in 4.2 lite? Only reason I ask is because I was looking for Ultimate Player...but I am assuming that is gone? Assuming also the repo is already pre-installed?

I have tried to run repair mode but it only comes to a (#) command prompt, at which, at one point, I ran dpkg, but I still have no borders on any windows...no way to resize, or move windows, either, just minimize and maximize at the taskbar.

<<Update>> tried changing themes to no avail. .

[Xanayoshi]

I am not exactly positive what the window manager is for 4.2 but for Mate it is Marco(Metacity fork) so

Open a terminal

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marco --replace

or

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metacity --replace

If Window Manager comes back

Open up dconf editor

Navigate to org-->mate-->desktop-->session-->required components

Make sure there is a Window Manager here and it is either Marco or Metacity


If it is refusing to launch at startup, you can add the above commands to startup

Applications-->Preferences-->Startup

and see if that will work.

The Ultimate Repo has been down for awhile as has maintenance for Ultimate Player

I am not sure what repair mode is and dpkg theoretically shouldn't help..maybe if you upgraded and interrupted the process. Upgrading itself will cause issues.

[Wolfie Lee]

If Window Manager comes back

Open up dconf editor

Navigate to org-->mate-->desktop-->session-->required components

Make sure there is a Window Manager here and it is either Marco or Metacity


If it is refusing to launch at startup, you can add the above commands to startup

Applications-->Preferences-->Startup

and see if that will work.

The Ultimate Repo has been down for awhile as has maintenance for Ultimate Player

I am not sure what repair mode is and dpkg theoretically shouldn't help..maybe if you upgraded and interrupted the process. Upgrading itself will cause issues.

Actually, I meant to say "Recovery" mode...

Thanks! It works, but...

how to open the dconf editor...and navigate to the directory you showed? Sorry, need a little hand-holding...lol.

It works as long as I run it at startup and leave that terminal open...btw...it is marco, I'm in Mate DE.

[Wolfie Lee]

OK! This one is solved! Just added command to start-up, like you said.

Thanks for the solution!