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Bigun
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 Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 11:33 pm Post subject: Changing Windows Managers [solved] |
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Right now I'm using Gnome with Metacity. How can I change it from Metacity to Sawfish? (I already have sawfish emerged)
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MacMasta
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| Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 12:47 am Post subject: |
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...might there be a config option somewhere in the mess 'o menus?
Other than that, I don't know.
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Bigun
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| Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 11:14 am Post subject: |
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| I've looked, and I've found a few spots under configuration editor where it lists the current desktop manager, but I don't want to screw it up. Anyone know how to change the desktop manager? Or at least know of a walkthru? |
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beesea
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| Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 10:16 pm Post subject: |
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you need to set the WINDOW_MANAGER env variable to whatever wm you want to use:
| Code: | | export WINDOW_MANAGER="/usr/bin/sawfish" |
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Bigun
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| Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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| beesea wrote: | you need to set the WINDOW_MANAGER env variable to whatever wm you want to use:
| Code: | | export WINDOW_MANAGER="/usr/bin/sawfish" |
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Uhhh.... which config file? |
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Bigun
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| Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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| I moped around in a bit in IRC and found out that that was a command. I ran it and it made no difference. Help! |
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Unne
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Bigun
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| Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 11:42 pm Post subject: |
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I didn't have to read through the link, I already had it working before I checked here.
Here's how I did it:
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killall metacity && sawfish
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That will kill metacity and replace it with sawfish... *for that session only*..
Then su to root, and run "gconf-editor"
From there go to --> Desktop --> Gnome --> applications --> window_manager
From there change the default key to "/usr/bin/sawfish"
Then restart X.... thanks anyway! |
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