metacity wm, won't start - solved

solution: So, gconf needed root privileges to install files in /etc. When I installed metacity to a fake directory, before actually installing it to the right place, I did it with user rights. So the install was not clean, and metacity could not start. wrote by me: Hi all! I'd like to try out a

metacity wm, won't start

Hi all! I'd like to try out a compositing wm. I chose metacity. Maybe xfce's xfvm4 would have been a better choice, but maybe someone can help me. I get this, after startx: Window manager warning: "(null)" found in configuration database is not a valid value for mouse button modifier Window man