On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 11:17:58AM +0100, Marcelo E. Magallon wrote: > On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 10:41:53AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > > try (as root) : > > > > update-alternatives --config x-window-manager > > > > The reason is that debian uses the the alternatives mechanism to set the > > windows manager (system wide) > > > > For a per user change, you need to set a environment option, but i don't > > remember the exact name. > > Ewwww. > > Perhaps I forgot to mention that I'm using GDM to log in and I'm > selecting "GNOME Session" there. If I select "Debian", the X session
So do i. That said, the update-alternatives still seem to be the correct way of changing the wm. > manager is used instead of the GNOME session manager. The X Session > Manager leaves me with a desktop where I can't do anything since > there's no window manager running :-) And the x-window-manager > alternative points to /usr/bin/wmaker. > > My problem _now_ is that I did something which upset gnome-wm or > gnome-session (I don't know which -- I'm gessing the later) and I don't > get a window manager after logging with a GNOME session. > > From the gnome-wm docs: > > PERSISTENT SETTINGS > > The program stores the current selection of a window manager in > the gconf key /desktop/gnome/applications/window_manager/default Sure, but gnome-wm is a gnome thingy which know nothing about how debian works. > $ set KEY=/desktop/gnome/applications/window_manager/default > $ gconftool --get $KEY > /usr/bin/wmaker > $ gconftool --type string --set $KEY waimea > $ gconftool --get $KEY > waimea > $ gnome-wm > /usr/bin/WindowMaker fatal error: it seems that there is already a window > manager running > $ gconftool --get $KEY > /usr/bin/wmaker > > The documentation and the implementation doesn't seem to have much to > do with each other. Setting the enviroment variable will work, but > really don't want to set an environment variable. > > That still doesn't help me with the other problem: gnome-session not > starting a window manager at all. I though gnome-session just ran > gnome-wm, but somehow I managed to convice it not to do that. Did you try the update-alternatives thingy ? Friendly, Sven Luther
