After checking an older Ubuntu install I've got at home, I ran into your same problem. It appears to be an Ubuntu design flaw.
Somewhere in the session startup framework they insert e16 into gconf as your window manager when selecting e16-GNOME, but when you change back to GNOME it doesn't restore it to metacity. Use gconf-editor and modify the following key: /desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager Change the value 'e16' back to 'metacity' and all should be right with the world again.. ;-) - Don (aka Donny) On Thu, 2011-06-02 at 20:28 -0500, Charles Warner wrote: > Replying to Don Harrop (too many Don's in this thread!) > > Thanks. The ~/.dmrc says I am using Gnome, but that's not what is > happening...As to e17- I'm not at all interested in bouncing windows > and other eye candy- I am looking for something light weight that > results in less swapping when I am running some of my heavier > analyses- I only have 3G of memory on this machine, and have had cases > where I have to run both cores at 100% for 18-24 hours to finish an > analysis (yeah, I'm pushing it a bit!) What I really want is a light > weight desktop that spends most of it's time in the background, not > shouting for attention- I want to cut down on resources to delay > swapping to the swap file as long as I can. xfce seems to have the > right attitude, but it may be a little TOO light. I am not at all > happy with the direction Gnome (with Gnome shell) and Ubuntu (with > (Unity) are going with the desktop. The desktop, like the underlying > operating system, should be pretty much transparent to the user. > > I am also limited to Intel integrated graphics, which may be the root > of my issue... > > I am impressed with how quickly people have responded to my inquiry. > > Thanks to all. > > Charlie > > On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Don Harrop <d...@effx.us> wrote: > I've just recently started exploring E17, although I've been > an > enlightenment fan since '99. > > I'm not sure I entirely agree with your 'super dated' comment > about > e16. To me it falls more on the scale of a minimalistic > window manager > such as fluxbox. > > e16 can do composite rendering for hardware accelerated video > cards. > If enabled the pager shows active content in other desktops > (I can > continue watching a movie going on in another desktop without > any lag). > As far as I've seen that's something that E17 doesn't even do > (at least > yet).. Application windows can be set to a specific > transparency > percentage for both 'active' and 'non-active' windows as > well. > > Granted it doesn't have bouncy menus or windows (like E17), > for a 10+ > year old window manager it holds it's own. Thanks Kim for > maintaining > it! > > As for the issues Charlie is having... > > The documentation is *sometimes* distributed in a separate > package. > You'll have to check the Ubuntu repositories again and see if > that's the > case. The documentation hasn't been updated in a while but > it does > cover the basics. > > Changing your desktop back to GNOME should be as simple as > selecting it > from your login menu. Seems like an Ubuntu glitch if that's > not > happening. Try taking a look at ~/.dmrc and see which > session is being > used. Possibly try deleting that same file to revert to a > system > default session. > > - Don > > On Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:18:22 -0500, Jeff Hoogland wrote: > > E16 is super dated at this point - I would highly recommend > trying a > > current version of E17 (bodhi linux, sabayon, and pclinuxos > all > > provide one in LiveCD form). > > > > Your display/login manager controls which desktop log into. > If you > > are using the default display manager in Ubuntu 10.04 then > it is GDM. > > Simply log out and select the gnome session from the options > at the > > bottom. > > > > ~Jeff Hoogland > > > > On Thu Jun 2 2011 03:01:50 PM CDT, Charles Warner > > <cwarner.cw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> I recently decided to give Enlightenment a test drive, and > > >> downloaded e16 > > >> from the Ubuntu Software Packages repository in a *.deb > package, and > >> installed successfully on my Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit machine. > Seems to > >> be > >> functioning OK, although I have some specific issues that I > need > >> help > >> with: > >> > >> 1. I have spent quite a bit of time trying to navigate > through all > >> the > >> various links from your web site to try to find user > documentation. > >> Apparently, the documentation may have been included in the > original > >> installation on my machine, but I can not access it. From > the > >> command > >> line, "edox" yields the following: > "Edoc_dir /usr/share/e16/E-docs > >> does > >> not contain a MAIN file". I have essentially reached a > dead end. > >> Is > >> there an easy pointer you can provide me with that will > take me to a > >> simple introductory guide that will tell me how to use the > system, > >> how > >> to access documentation, etc.? > >> > >> 2. I have a number of applications that rely on the Gtk+ > platform, > >> and > >> others that like Qt. There appears to be a compatibillity > issue > >> with > >> some of these applications. Specifically, LibreOffice > Calc v.3.3 > >> seems > >> to have trouble rendering plots- not something I noticed > under > >> Gnome. > > >> When I try to switch to put Gnome from the e-Gnome option > by logging > > >> out > >> and changing preferences, the system ignores me completely > and > >> returns > >> me to Enlightenment (my original choice was e16-Gnome). > Other than > >> uninstalling Enlightenment, is there any way to get back to > my > >> original > >> Gnome desktop? > >> > >> Charlie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, secure and there when you need it. Discover what all the cheering's about. 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