Re: Lost my window manager
On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:19:43 +0000
Tixy <debianuser@tixy.myzen.co.uk> dijo:
> On Fri, 2009-11-06 at 20:47 -0800, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> > On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:41:59 -0800
> > Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com> dijo:
> >
> > > On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 07:51:50PM -0800, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> > > > On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 23:31:38 +0100
> > > > Jochen Schulz <ml@well-adjusted.de> dijo:
> > > [...]
> > > > >
> > > > > If you run the programs like this:
> > > > >
> > > > > nohup metacity &
> > > > > nohup gnome-panel &
> > > >
> > > > That works much better.
> > > >
> > > > > They should keep running after you close the terminal. After that, you
> > > > > should go the the settings menu (don't remember what it's called
> > > > > exactly) to save your current session (or make sure that Gnome autosaves
> > > > > the session on logout).
> > > >
> > > > I wish you could remember what the settings menu is called, because I
> > > > can't get it to work. I've looked everywhere in the GUI and I can't
> > > > find any place to save the current session.
> > > >
> > >
> > > System -> Preferences -> Session
> > >
> > > select the Session Options tab and there is a button to save the
> > > current session.
> >
> > I don't have "Session" under System > Preferences. :(
> It's now called "Startup Applications".
I do have Startup Applications. But the only options are to
"automatically remember current applications when logging out" and
"remember currently running applications."
Neither saves my configuration so gnome-panel and metacity are
automatically started.
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