I have also purged the appropriate packages (ccsm, compiz, & etc...) via dpkg -P and reinstalled them via apt-get. The same behavior persists until I remove the configuration files in the home directory of the particular user that is experiencing the problem.
After removing the broken configuration in this way, things work properly again. I'm trying to narrow down exactly what's broken, but I don't have much spare time these days. -- [Gutsy] The Custom option in "Visual Effects" tab of Appearance Preferences don't persist https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/151395 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs