I notice that with the above hack there is an additional x-session- manager message in .xsession-errors:
WARNING: Application 'gnome-wm.desktop' failed to register before timeout. -- can't automatically start sawfish in 8.10 beta https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/284392 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
