[SOLVED] Undesired and unrequested change on windows appearance on Ubuntu 14.04

ejspeiro · 05-19-2014, 12:45 PM

Dear all,

I was updating my applications on my Ubuntu 14.04, when I installed Jovie, the KDE Text-to-Speech plug in.

I then uninstalled it.

I do not know if this is related but after I restarted, my KDE applications such as Kate, and even Firefox, are showing a strange look and feel:

See attached image.

What caused this? How can I revert this? I personally do not like that look and feel...

Thanks in advanced!

PS: The second attached image shows the look and feel I have always have, which is what I want

ejspeiro · 05-19-2014, 02:34 PM

I have been trying different things. I think this behaviour is related to Compiz.

When I right-click on the Desktop, and I change the theme of Unity (I keep it in Ambiance, which is the default), it DOES NOT change right there... I have to log out! Say I want the Radiance theme... I select it, BUT I HAVE TO LOG OUT.

That is new.

When I log out, the look and feel of my KDE applications, as well as the look and feel of Firefox, go back to how they used to be!

If I go back to ambiance, then it stays the same, until I log in and out again.

ejspeiro · 05-19-2014, 02:39 PM

I tried to restart both Unity and Compiz, as in here:

Code:

#!/bin/bash
sudo dconf reset -f /org/compiz/
setsid unity
unity --reset icons

And I got nothing...

rtmistler · 05-19-2014, 02:48 PM

Is your problem that the windows are always maximized with no borders?

There are various solutions depending whether you have Unity-2d or Unity-3d.

This is one of the solutions I've found which worked for me using Unity-2d:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/40571...hing-maximized

There's a config utility; however I do not see the options they talk about, one answer by ldrn states:

Quote:

To fix this with Unity 2d, do this on the command line:

Code:

gconftool -s /apps/metacity/general/auto_maximize_windows -t bool false

Or, launch gconf-editor and change that key to false.

This annoyed the heck out of me, too.

The fix is different for unity 2d than for 3d unity,

And that one did work for me.

I found that determining what you're running, 2d or 3d; or even if you're running it at all is a good first step and then searching for solutions with that specific string helps.

ejspeiro · 05-19-2014, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rtmistler

Is your problem that the windows are always maximized with no borders?

Nop

My problem is that, suddenly, my KDE applications, such as Kate, KBibTex and even Firefox, adopted a different look and feel.

Please see the first post, to see the difference.

Thanks.

ejspeiro · 05-24-2014, 06:32 PM

Well,

It solved... itself :S

I ran this:

Code:

#!/bin/bash
sudo dconf reset -f /org/compiz/
setsid unity
unity --reset icons

And I also installed the old GNOME, ran a session on it, and when I got back to Unity, it was fixed...

I'm calling this one as solved.

Thanks!