On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 21:18:28 +1300 Roger Searle <[email protected]> wrote:
> Compliments of the season to you all, > > A few days ago I began having an issue with my Firefox window which I'm > stumped on. It is an Ubuntu 8.10 install with Gnome. The window is > always in a maximised state, where the title bar with close button is > missing, and the bottom of the window covers a panel there. I can move > the window to another workspace, or move the panel to another edge of > the screen, but this doesn't help. Right clicking the Firefox button on > the panel, I can use minimise, unminimise, or close, but not move or > resize. I can't use the Alt key + drag the window. Fortunately I can > Alt + Tab to another window when Firefox has the focus (or close via Alt > + F4) since every time it gets the focus there are no other obvious > navigation options visible. > > The Firefox window is the only one that exhibits this behaviour. Google > hasn't helped so far, does anyone have any ideas on how to rectify > this? My only idea at this point being a removal and reinstall of > Firefox. First though I was interested to see if there is a solution or > understanding of the situation from a list member? > > > Cheers, > Roger This happened to me as well. Unfortunately my solution was to return said lappie to my ex-employer and now am using my 7 year old tosh on hardy. I used opera betweentimes. Which isn't much help... sorry (: Steve -- Steve <[email protected]>
