Align window buttons to the right in GNOME fallback mode?
Solution 1:
The old way does work still, you just have to be more patient with it:
Run (or do whatever you do - you'll need to install gconf2 for this one)
gconftool-2 --set /apps/metacity/general/button_layout \
--type string "menu:minimize,maximize,close"
Then log out. And log back in again.
Before 11.10 the change was instant but I'm guessing now the settings are loaded out of gconf into something else at login and don't refresh until you've started a new session.