Re: Unstable in the house

[Antony Gelberg <antony@antgel.co.uk>]

On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 08:02:17PM -0700, Marc Wilson wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 04, 2003 at 02:13:35AM +0100, Antony Gelberg wrote:
> > brain:/home/antgel# update-alternatives --config x-window-manager
> >  
> > There are 0 alternatives which provide `x-window-manager'.
> 
> What does setting the x-window-manager alternative have to do with setting
> the Gnome window manager?
> 
> Assuming you want metacity (shudder) for the window manager, 'man metacity'
> will tell you what you need to know.

Thanks for the reply.  You obviously haven't read the metacity manpage.
I've done an apt-get install gnome (which isn't in woody), gone from
there, and now it works.

antgel $ sudo update-alternatives --config x-window-manager
 
There are 2 alternatives which provide `x-window-manager'.
 
  Selection    Alternative
-----------------------------------------------
*+    1        /usr/bin/metacity
      2        /usr/bin/icewm
 
Press enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number:

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