How to switch the window manager
Michael R Head
burner at suppressingfire.org
Sun Sep 4 19:18:25 UTC 2005
On Sun, 2005-09-04 at 20:41 +0200, Juanma Barranquero wrote:
> On 9/4/05, Lee Braiden <lee_b at digitalunleashed.com> wrote:
>
> > Just start gnome normally, and then
> > look at changing your window manager.
> > I don't use GNOME, but you may be able
> > to do it through the GNOME registry thing (what's that called, again? ;), > or through the session control applet.
>
> I had already looked at every single gconf thing I could find, to no avail.
>
> Now I've tried to use the session control applet, removing the running
> window manager and running sawfish (luckily I had a terminal open),
> and it's working... but that's hardly a good interface at all. Either
> there must be an easier way, or a FAQ/guide entry waiting to be
> written somewhere :)
Fire up a terminal and the Sessions preferences applet. Select the
Current Session tab and click on metacity, then click on Remove and
Apply. Then move the mouse to the terminal window and type 'sawfish'.
mike
>
> Well, at least I can now try a few WM.
>
> Thanks for helping,
>
> /L/e/k/t/u
>
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