A few people seem to be having this issue, apparently all on Ubuntu 12.04 so far:
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=208&t=100690
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1972257
To reiterate, the title bar goes black with only the maximize et al. buttons still showing, and the top borders become "messy" (screenshots attached in the threads above). Switching GTK+ themes in the Cinnamon Theme manager seems to reload the bars and fix the issue, so that's probably a good hint as to where the problem comes from.
A few people seem to be having this issue, apparently all on Ubuntu 12.04 so far:
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=208&t=100690
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1972257
To reiterate, the title bar goes black with only the maximize et al. buttons still showing, and the top borders become "messy" (screenshots attached in the threads above). Switching GTK+ themes in the Cinnamon Theme manager seems to reload the bars and fix the issue, so that's probably a good hint as to where the problem comes from.