On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 08:42:12AM -0500, Sumo Wrestler (or just ate too much) wrote:
>debianista.deb 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
>
>You might use the "gconf-editor" and go into
>/desktop/gnome/applications/window-manager. Unfortunately, when I've tried
>changing things under that key, my changes have been ignored.
That gconf key is a strange little entity indeed. I've always had
success when using the following steps to replace metacity with openbox:
1. Use the GNOME session tool to make sure metacity isn't respawned
when it's killed.
2. Open a terminal and type
% pkill metacity; sleep 3; openbox
3. Remember to save the session when logging out of GNOME.
/M
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