Re: window manager hell

[mike <mike redtux demon co uk>]

On Thu, 2002-08-15 at 03:16, Rob Brown-Bayliss wrote:
> 
> Hi,   Help.
> 
> I cant get a window manager to start when I log in to gnome 2.
> 
> I used to have sawfish runnig.  tried metacity , decided to go back to
> sawfish but it wont start by default.
> 
> I have tried runnig it, logging out and selecting save session, but it
> does not restart.
> 
> Looking in the gconf configeditor app I see sawfish is set as my window
> manager, yet nothing happens....
> 
> currently I am logging in, selecting a new terminal from a pannel icon
> and starting sawfish fromthere
> 
> -- 

try putting this is your ~/.bashrc
export WINDOW_MANAGER=sawfish

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