Re: layers and layers of windows managers

[Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster Video2Video Com>]

Just an update for the archives, and future troubleshooters:

1. To fix this problem, make your .xinitrc look something like this.
	setenv WINDOW_MANAGER metacity
	metacity &
	exec gnome-session
Once Gnome 2 is working again, you can eliminate some of these.

2. Edit ~/.gnome2/default.wm to look something like this:
[Default]
WM=/usr/X11R6/bin/metacity

3. Rename or remove ~/.gnome2/session and re-run startx

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Adam Weinberger <adam vectors cx>
To: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster Video2Video Com>
Cc: Adam Weinberger <adam vectors cx>,
     FreeBSD LIST <FreeBSD-Questions FreeBSD ORG>
Subject: Re: layers and layers of windows managers
Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2002 12:46:14 -0700

if you wish to keep using gnome and just change which window manager
starts up, open the gnome control center (bin/gnomecc) and modify the
"Window Manager" page of the "Desktop" category.

alternatively, edit ~/.gnome/default.wm and put the windowmanager in
there.

[Default]
WM=/usr/X11R6/bin/metacity

or whatever.

if you don't wish to run gnome at all, then just edit your .xinitrc file
and change the exec line to something else. that file is a script. i'm
attaching mine.

if you're running startx, all you need is an .xinitrc file. i typically
just link .xinitrc and .xsession. if something is spawning multiple root
images, just search for them recursively.

~/$ for i in image1.jpg image2.jpg; grep -r $i \.*

-Adam

======================begin .xinitrc
[snip]
============================end .xinitrc
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