On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 23:21:20 +0100 Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * [27/12/2003 20:26] Todd Pytel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > <metacity gone with new user> > > > > What's wrong? Is this a bug? Or what am I overlooking? Is there a > > > way have the default (Metacity) back? > > > > Probably you changed the default, > > No, I sure didn't. I did install Openbox some time *after* I installed > Gnome, however, but I'd say that shouldn't cause the default window > manager to change.
I meant you changed the default when you edited the key in gconf back to metacity from openbox. Why it was changed to openbox in the first place, I don't know. Maybe it was a debconf question? > > This one, however, *should* be pretty easy. Log in as that user and > > do: > > > > metacity --replace > > > > That should replace openbox with metacity in the session. Make sure > > you save changes to the session when you log out, if that isn't done > > automatically. > > Yay -- it did the trick indeed. Thanks a lot... Cool. > > And FWIW, Openbox 3 blows Metacity out of the water as a GNOME WM. > > You may want to check it out. IMHO, of course... > > Ah, but that's another point. I'm not enough of an advanced user to > appreciate the differences between the two. I do know I like the sheer > appearance of Metacity with Gnome, which is why I don't bother to > change... Things would undoubtedly be different with a machine less > powerful, I guess, but that doesn't bother me just yet. I haven't tried using GNOME on an old machine in quite some time. I'd probably just skip it entirely and go with straight openbox, fluxbox, or icewm if I had to. I just like Openbox because it has much nicer hotkey and virtual desktop customizations than Metacity. I agree that Metacity looks nicer out of the box, though. I had to tweak a theme a bit to make it fit well with GNOME. > Thanks once more, > Tom No problem. -- Todd Pytel ---------------------------------------- Signature attached PGP Key ID 77B1C00C
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