On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 06:47:01PM -0400, stan wrote: > On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 09:10:15PM -0500, Todd Pytel wrote: > > On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 22:00:23 -0400 > > stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > When I go into the Gnome configurator, and try to go to the windows > > > section it gives me an error message about "window manager 'unkown' > > > not being registred. > > > > > > What window manager should I have installed? > > > > Metacity is the semi-official window manager for GNOME 2. Check to see > > if you've got that. Sawfish is also GNOME-compliant, but has some quirks > > that bug me. If you don't mind compiling, you might try Openbox 3. > > AFAIK, it's not in any apt repositories yet since it's still at Release > > Candidate phase. But I've been running it and the "obconf" config tool > > for the last week, and I'd say it's phenomenally better than the other > > two. > > OK, I sed dselect to install Metacity. I already had Gnome-sawfish > installed. However, I still can't figure out how to tell Gnome to use this > window manager. > > What am I missing? >
You could try: antgel $ sudo update-alternatives --config x-window-manager Password: There are 2 alternatives which provide `x-window-manager'. Selection Alternative ----------------------------------------------- *+ 1 /usr/bin/metacity 2 /usr/bin/icewm Press enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number: However this didn't work for me until I did an apt-install gnome. Not sure what I was missing prior to that. A -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]