Windows not movable / no close button / etc

[boowho]

Running Mint with Mate.... also installed compiz and cairo dock.

Have lost the ability to drag windows around, close and minimize/maximum buttons missing or don't respond, etc

Another issue is that windows all open in the top left corner of the screen!!

compiz AND cairo dock seem to work OK. What's going on here? Anyone??


Thanks in advance......

Boowho.... EXTREME noob

[spamegg]

Hello boowho welcome to the Forum.
Please share your system info by going to:
Menu/System Reports/System Information/click "Copy"
and pasting it here.
(You can use the command inxi -Fxxxmprz on the Terminal.)

[all41]

Have lost the ability to drag windows around, close and minimize/maximum buttons missing or don't respond, etc

Open the compiz settings and look for "Window Decorations" and re-enable.
This setting occasionally gets reverted using compiz.
Also you can just temporarily change to another window manager,
then switch right back to compiz to reload.

[boowho]

output from inxi -Fxxxmprz

ystem:
Kernel: 5.15.0-91-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.4.0
Desktop: MATE 1.26.0 info: mate-panel wm: marco 1.26.0 vt: 7
dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia
base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Dell product: Inspiron 24-3455 v: 4.3.0
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 13 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Dell model: 02F64W v: A00 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI-[Legacy]: Dell v: 4.3.0 date: 08/10/2016
Memory:
RAM: total: 14.57 GiB used: 2.22 GiB (15.3%)
RAM Report:
permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: quad core model: AMD A8-7410 APU with AMD Radeon R5 Graphics bits: 64
type: MCP smt: <unsupported> arch: Puma rev: 1 cache: L1: 256 KiB L2: 2 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1839 high: 2340 min/max: 1000/2200 boost: enabled
cores: 1: 1450 2: 2068 3: 2340 4: 1499 bogomips: 17567
Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Mullins [Radeon R4/R5 Graphics] vendor: Dell driver: N/A
bus-ID: 00:01.0 chip-ID: 1002:9851 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Realtek Integrated_Webcam_HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus-ID: 2-1.1:3 chip-ID: 0bda:5687 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 compositor: marco v: 1.26.0
driver: X: loaded: ati,vesa unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,radeon gpu: N/A
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 92 s-size: 530x301mm (20.9x11.9")
s-diag: 610mm (24")
Monitor-1: default res: 1920x1080 size: N/A
OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 15.0.7 256 bits)
v: 4.5 Mesa 23.0.4-0ubuntu1~22.04.1 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: AMD Kabini HDMI/DP Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus-ID: 00:01.1 chip-ID: 1002:9840 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD FCH Azalia vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:14.2 chip-ID: 1022:780d class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-91-generic running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Dell Vostro 3470 driver: ath9k v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:0036 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Dell driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
port: e000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: vmnet1 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filter>
IF-ID-2: vmnet8 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 2-1.2:5
chip-ID: 0cf3:e005 class-ID: e001
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter>
bt-v: 2.1 lmp-v: 4.1 sub-v: 1 hci-v: 4.1 rev: 3101
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 23.13 GiB (4.9%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Netac model: SSD 512GB size: 476.94 GiB
speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 18B9 scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 24.33 GiB used: 23.13 GiB (95.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda11
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 6.1 MiB (1.2%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/sda5
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 1.15 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
file: /swapfile
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 35.8 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 3292
Repos:
Packages: apt: 2069
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com virginia main upstream import backport
2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse
3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
Info:
Processes: 232 Uptime: 44m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 249 runlevel: 5
Compilers: gcc: 11.4.0 alt: 11/12 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16
running-in: mate-terminal inxi: 3.3.13

[1000]

Probably when you enabled Compiz
mate-control-center --> mate-tweak ( Mate Tweak ) --> Windows ( tab on left ) --> Window Manager
then
at the same time you did not have decorations enabled in Compiz.

How enable Window Decoration in ccsm ( in Compiz Settings ) ?
Just find " Window Decoration " in side " CompizConfig Settings Settings Manager "
and select / mark this . That's all

Edited
- Compiz is very advanced tool and not all options have to work together with others.
Please be careful because you may damage your settings.
Getting to know the Timeshift tool can be useful / recommended.
For example:
* Compiz keyboard shortcuts may conflict with in-game keyboard shortcuts.
* Certain settings may not work together.

- Compiz also working with Emerald. ( It's only info - you are a beginner so I do not recommend it )
It requires a special launch and I don't know if this is ready to use in Ubuntu-based distributions ( probably not )
This means that if you don't configure it, it may not work after restarting your computer
and you will have the problem again.
I don't know how to configure it.
I can only say that I have tested it now, it is working and I don't plan on using it later.
How to test Emerald ?
1. Open Emerald Manager ( emerald-theme-manager command in terminal )
2. Select with 2x left mouse click your best theme there.
3. In next window of terminal run command " emerald --replace "
Then you should see the new window decoration.
4. Probably You you will have to restore window close and minimize buttons.
Just in Emerald Theme select tab " Edit Themes "
then save settings ( just click Save button ) for tabs
- Frame Engine
- Buttons
- Frame/Shadows
- Titlebar
- Theme
Maybe I don't need save everything, I saved this just in case.
Defects: Because it is unconfigured,
( correction, I have this application in the menu, I don't seen before )
- closing the terminal will close this window decoration
- it will not start after restarting the computer
( Probably script is needed in side path $HOME/.config/autostart/
or in autostart settings, example https://www.cyberciti.biz/media/new/cms ... es_038.png )
How to restore " Window Decoration " from Compiz?
1. Close window with Emerald Manager and terminals with emerald.
2. In Compiz settings, just uncheck it again check / mark " Window Decoration "
Ready.

Honestly, Emerald Theme sometimes looks nice, maybe someone will improve it someday.

[mikeflan]

Also your boot partition is 95% full. That is not good.

And you have no Radeon driver:

AMD Mullins [Radeon R4/R5 Graphics] vendor: Dell driver: N/A

I would work to get that corrected - perhaps with a different kernel.

[boowho]

FWIW...... It appears to me that a substantial percentage of my issues disappear if I don't use Compiz

Boohoo??

[1000]

Inside Linux Mint 21.3
Control Center --> " Look and Feel " ( tab on left ) --> " Desktops Settings " ( Open )
--> Windows ( tab on left ) --> Window Manager ( And here you can also change manager )

Default is set Marco + Compositing.

I mention this because this option is also there,
and "MATE Tweak" is not installed by default.