<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.12.1"> </HEAD> <BODY> On Thu, 2006-10-05 at 11:21 -0500, Samuel Thurston, III wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> On 9/10/06, ruscook <<A HREF="mailto:ruscook_oz@yahoo.com.au">ruscook_oz@yahoo.com.au</A>> wrote: </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <BLOCKQUOTE> I'm not sure what I've done to cause this ( I assume I've done something as I've not read of this occurring with anyone else yet). When gnome starts up "metacity" doesn't start so no windows have menus/borders etc and gnome-panel doesn't work (it is running). If I right click on the desktop and open a terminal, type in gnome-wm or metacity, metacity starts and I get my full windows, menus and can click on windows in gnome-panel. I have tried System/Preferences/Sessions and metacity is in this list with a priority/rating of 20. but this doesn't seem to help. Has anyone else suffered this and/or know how to fix it? </BLOCKQUOTE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> I'm having the same problem, but I didn't try starting metacity... thanks for the tip. I've also been getting a startup error message (in gnome) about gnome-settings-manager not running. question to you, ruscook: are you running beryl/emerald/compiz whatever out of the quinnstorm repos? I am and I was wondering if that was our common problem. </BLOCKQUOTE> No I'm not. The only way I could fix it was to rename my home dir, create a new one, and copy everything except any "." hidden dirs across. I then copied innocuous things like non-gnome "." dirs and evolution settings etc until I had the same settings as my previous home dir but without the problems! <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> Kind Regards Russell ================== www.windsorcycles.com.au sales@windsorcycles.com.au ph. 02 4577 3209 bikes.no-ip.info Linux user #369094 ================== </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>