On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 13:43:50 +0100 debianista.deb <debianista.deb@gmail.com> wrote: > hey > > Can anybody tell me where gnome sets the window manager > (metacity) ? please > My gnome runs without metacity how can I fix it ? please > > thanks > cheers > debianista.deb It's set in the gconf key /desktop/gnome/applications/window_manager/current You can run 'metacity --replace' to start metacity, replacing the current window manager. -- Liam