Bug#390929: compiz: "Another window manager is already running on screen: 0"

To: Radu Spineanu <radu@debian.org>, 390929@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#390929: compiz: "Another window manager is already running on screen: 0"
From: Thierry Reding <thierry@gilfi.de>
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 22:23:39 +0200
Message-id: <[🔎] 20061003202339.GA7628@ba.sec>
Reply-to: Thierry Reding <thierry@gilfi.de>, 390929@bugs.debian.org
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* Radu Spineanu wrote:
[...]
> Every time i used to start compiz i got this error:
> "Another window manager is already running on screen: 0" 
> and compiz failed to load.

This is usually solved by running compiz with the --replace flag to make it
replace any currently running window manager. Does that solve your problem?

[...]

- Thierry

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