I had been trying unity -reset so I tried unity --reset. It hasn't affected the bug which still occurs, but then there seem to be things missing and it segfaulted:
richardn@dragon:~$ unity --reset WARNING: Unity currently default profile, so switching to metacity while resetting the values Xlib: extension "RANDR" missing on display ":0". (metacity:9722): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap", Window manager warning: Missing composite extension required for compositingChecking if settings need to be migrated ...no Checking if internal files need to be migrated ...no Backend : gconf Integration : true Profile : unity Adding plugins Skipping upgrade com.canonical.unity.unity.01.upgrade Skipping upgrade com.canonical.unity.unity.02.upgrade Initializing core options...done Initializing bailer options...done Initializing detection options...done compiz (core) - Fatal: No composite extension compiz (composite) - Error: initScreen failed compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't activate plugin 'composite' compiz (core) - Error: Plugin 'composite' not loaded. compiz (core) - Error: InitPlugin 'opengl' failed compiz (core) - Error: Couldn't activate plugin 'opengl' compiz (core) - Fatal: No composite extension compiz (core) - Fatal: No composite extension Segmentation fault After running this, I lost window decorations and had to log out and log in to get them back. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/859283 Title: non-maximized applications sometimes reset to maximized when restored from the launcher To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/859283/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
