Re: Changing the window manager

[Pierre Sarrazin <sarrazip sympatico ca>]

Dixit Telsa Gwynne (2003-11-14 11:44):
> On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 11:26:07AM -0500 or thereabouts,
> Pierre Sarrazin wrote:
> > This does start sawfish, but when I close the terminal (by
> > clicking on the 'x' icon), sawfish crashes and there is no window
> > manager anymore (I can start metacity again from a new terminal).
> > 
> > That may be a problem with Sawfish, but I wonder if this very "manual"
> > technique has something to do with the crash.
> 
> I don't think so. This technique works for most people. Is it 
> happening every time?

No, it's working now.  I did make a bunch of upgrades.  There must
have been a moment of instability...

> > So must I conclude that there is no dialog in GNOME 2.2 to change the
> > WM, like there was in GNOME 1.4?  Is there such a dialog in GNOME 2.4?
> 
> Right. There is no dialogue in Gnome 2.2 to change the window
> manager. Nor is there one in Gnome 2.4. And I doubt there will
> be such a dialogue box in Gnome 2.5/2.6 either.

OK.

-- 
Pierre Sarrazin <sarrazip at sympatico dot ca>