Actually he says compiz cannot run on his hardware so apparently gnome- session is failing to start metacity.
** Package changed: compiz (Ubuntu) => gnome-session (Ubuntu) -- no window borders after logging on https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/537631 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-session in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
