Re: Gnome2.2 Window Manager

[Gavrila <gavrilus@tiscalinet.it>]

Il mer, 2003-06-04 alle 10:22, Mark C ha scritto:


> 
> metacity seems faster, but less options, if you wish to use metacity,
> then:
> 
> apt-get install metacity metacity-setup

I agree.

> Once logged in to gnome, if you wish to use metacity, open gnome
> terminal/xterm or whatever and run:
> 
> Find the Process ID of sawfish (ps -ax | grep sawfish)
> kill -9 (pidof sawfish) && metacity
> 
> If you try to kill sawfish and not run metacity straight after, I have
> had
> problems, with gnome not knowing how to place the windows, thus unable
> to
> start metacity (without a struggle)
> 
> Once started, close terminal, this will restart metacity, and then
> logout
> and save session, thus the next time it will default to metacity.

There's an easier way making metacity the deafult window manager. su
root, then 

#update-alternatives --config x-window-manager

And select metacity

> Hope that helps

/me is hoping to :)

> Mark