no window borders after upgrade!!

[toshiro]

I've finally decided to upgrade from Kubuntu 11.10 to 12.04, after the upgrade is done I notice that all the windows don't have any border!!! I can't even open a terminal (Alt-F2 doesn't work, the menu is missing, etc).

That's a complete mess!! Anybody know how to fix that?

Thanks in advance.

[Snowhog]

Ctrl+Alt+F1 will take to a full-screen tty. From there, log in. Then:

sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop

If you are told that the package is already installed, then:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall kubuntu-desktop

Once it's installed/re-installed, type:

exit

and then press Ctrl+Alt+F7 to return to the desktop.

[toshiro]

Ctrl+Alt+F1 will take to a full-screen tty. From there, log in. Then:

sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop

If you are told that the package is already installed, then:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall kubuntu-desktop

Once it's installed/re-installed, type:

exit

and then press Ctrl+Alt+F7 to return to the desktop.

I've just tried your suggestion but it doesn't work

[vinnywright]

did it install anything ?
if so log out and back in

VINNY

[toshiro]

did it install anything ?
if so log out and back in

VINNY

It installed a 487 Kb package (btw, it was already installed, I reinstalled it with --reinstall).

I did log out, even restart the computer, but is not working.

[toshiro]

BTW, I also tried moving ~/.kde to .kde.old and restart but the problem remains. I've also tried logging in with another user, the same result

[Snowhog]

Repeat my previous instructions, but this time, try installing/re-installing plasma-desktop.

[toshiro]

Repeat my previous instructions, but this time, try installing/re-installing plasma-desktop.

I've just tried, I got the same result, no window borders

[Snowhog]

Before you upgraded to 12.04, were you using Compiz as your Window Manager?

[toshiro]

no, although I had several compiz packages installed, the first thing I've tried was to remove all that packages but that didn't help either

[Snowhog]

Ctrl+Alt+F1 again and log in. Then type:

kwin --replace

Then type:

exit

and then Ctrl+Alt+F7

[toshiro]

Ctrl+Alt+F1 again and log in. Then type:

kwin --replace

Then type:

exit

and then Ctrl+Alt+F7

This solution works partially

First, I don't have kwin installed but kwin_gles, so I did kwin_gles --replace as you suggested and worked; the problem is that command don't quit, and if I close it the window borders are gone.

BTW, I had to set the DISPLAY variable to :0 in order to make kwin_gles --replace work

[vinnywright]

install kde-window-manager that is kwin it should have been puled in with kubuntu-desktop


VINNY

[toshiro]

install kde-window-manager that is kwin it should have been puled in with kubuntu-desktop


VINNY

I've installed kde-window-manager and everything seems to work now. Thank you Vinny and Snowhog for helping me with this!!

Regards,
Toshiro.

PD: Another question, my background wallpaper is gone, I've tried to replace the default wallpaper but couldn't find how to use a single wallpaper for all virtual desktops (I wouldn't mind to change it one by one, but it looks like that they are considered independent of each other, wasting more memory); any ideas?

[vinnywright]

I've installed kde-window-manager and everything seems to work now. Thank you Vinny and Snowhog for helping me with this!!

Regards,
Toshiro.

PD: Another question, my background wallpaper is gone, I've tried to replace the default wallpaper but couldn't find how to use a single wallpaper for all virtual desktops (I wouldn't mind to change it one by one, but it looks like that they are considered independent of each other, wasting more memory); any ideas?

if you go to system settings>workspace behaviour>virtual desktops on the desktops tab uncheck "different widgets for each desktop " now all desktops will use the same wallpaper AND widgets

VINNY