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Re: [Question #250680]: I cannot change the windowcontrols

 

Was this one time after the upgrade but before restarting for the first time?

 docdoob <question250680@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Question #250680 on Unity Tweak Tool changed:
>https://answers.launchpad.net/unity-tweak-tool/+question/250680
>
>    Status: Answered => Open
>
>docdoob is still having a problem:
>J Phani Mahesh,
>Strange that it worked once.
>
>I upgraded from 13.10 but using the ISO image of 14.04.
>
>Thanks,
>John
>
>--------------------------------------------------
>From: "J Phani Mahesh" <question250680@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 12:31 PM
>To: <john.dubery@xxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: [Question #250680]: I cannot change the window controls
>
>> Your question #250680 on Unity Tweak Tool changed:
>> https://answers.launchpad.net/unity-tweak-tool/+question/250680
>>
>>    Status: Open => Answered
>>
>> J Phani Mahesh proposed the following answer:
>> Utt should never be run with sudo. No graphical application should be
>> run with sudo actually. But utt isn't designed to be run as root.
>>
>> In 14.04 the window control management changed and the setting in UTT is
>> broken. As far as I'm aware, it doesn't even work at all. So it's
>> surprising that it worked once for you. I am planning to disable it in
>> utt.
>>
>> Is your setup a fresh install or an upgrade from a previous version?
>>
>> docdoob <question250680@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>New question #250680 on Unity Tweak Tool:
>>>https://answers.launchpad.net/unity-tweak-tool/+question/250680
>>>
>>>I'm on 14.04.  I used UTT to change the window controls to the top right 
>>>and it worked once.  Next time I logged in it was back to the default and 
>>>it will not change again.  I've tried starting UTT with sudo.
>>>
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