[SOLVED]Nvidia drivers made my metacity desktop disappear

Kodain · n00b Joined: 02 Sep 2007 Posts: 8

Ok, first of all, I'm a real newbie with Linux/Gentoo, so when something goes wrong, google is my first aid.
But I couldn't find any help on google about this, so I'm asking here.

The problem is that after installing some Nvidia drivers, my ordinary Metacity desktop got replaced with 3 Root windows and an analog clock, which sort of freaked me out. Anyone know how I can revert to my old desktop?

edit: My bad, really stupid mistake.

xorserer · Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 3:44 pm Post subject:

sounds like you lost one of your config files, namely the one telling X to run a decent Window Manager.
what you're seeing is a WM called twm, which is the default WM.

post your /etc/rc.conf and /home/<user>/.xinitrc

edit: also, are you using a Desktop Environment like GNOME, or just the WM?
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