I've just been looking through my /var/log/aptitude(.?.gz) files and it looks to me that I first installed compiz at this version (compiz 0.6.3~git20080115.0ea58487-1) and upgraded to 0.7.6-3 then to -5, so I've not at any point upgraded from an earlier version, and I still had what I would consider a buggy experience of not having the decoration module enabled by default. This machine's only recently been installed from scratch (around the middle of june) so it really doesn't look to me like the issue has to do with pre-existing settings.
Perhaps installing 0.7.x on a clean system would not exhibit have the no-decorations problem (I've not tested that case), but at the least it would seem a good idea to have some kind of warning triggered when starting compiz. Something along the lines of the following might work: You don't have the decoration module enabled, this may leave you with an unusable desktop with no window borders etc. To view/set the list of enabled modules, use gconftool --get /apps/compiz/general/allscreens/options/active_plugins and gconftool --set /apps/compiz/general/allscreens/options/active_plugins '[list,of,modules,to,enable]' or a graphical tool such as ccsm Does that sound fair? Certainly, I would expect the default to include the decoration module in the case that there are no pre-existing settings specifically excluding it. HTH Sam "SammyTheSnake" Penny __________________________________________________________ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]