On Thu, 2002-08-15 at 23:22, Rob Brown-Bayliss wrote: > On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 03:58, Jeroen Benckhuijsen wrote: > > Startup gnome, start sawfish (or metacity or ...), logout but make sure > > you're current session is saved. I experienced the window manager is > > treated as just another app: it's started automaticly only if it was > > saved as part of your session. > > That was the firstthing I tried... > > > Currently i think the session-wise selected WM is started before the > > gconf-wise selected WM. When the gconf-WM starts, it immediately exists, > > because a WM is already running. Just a hunch.. > > Thas teh feelingI get, it is startng then exiting right away. > > -- > > * > * Rob Brown-Bayliss > * In that case an other WM is already running (probbaly metacity), what you need to do is first kill the old WM (your windows won't have any title bars), start the new one, then exit the session. Another (more adveturous) possibility is to manually hack the gnome-session using a text editor.... HTH Jeroen
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