Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 08:57:59 -0800 From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: freebsd gnome <freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: upgrade loses sawfish config tools Message-ID: <E18jjA0-000DIa-00@rip.psg.com> References: <E18jhXh-000AmC-00@rip.psg.com> <E18jhxL-000BLN-00@rip.psg.com> <1045240849.2544.12.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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> Probably because you're no longer running sawfish. The new GNOME > 2.2 window manager is metacity. See the GNOME 2 FAQ for more > info: http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html bingo! but ... 8. What window managers work well with GNOME 2.2? The gnome2 meta-port installs the metacity window manager by default. Another popular window manager that works well with GNOME 2.2 is sawfish. Sawfish is distributed as part of the x11/gnome2-fifth-toe meta-port. To switch between metacity and sawfish in GNOME 2, you will need to do the following: killall metacity; sawfish & gnome-session-save --gui The gnome-session-save is important. Without it, the window manager will revert back to the one previously configured upon next login. To switch back, simply reverse sawfish and metacity. but when i gnome-session-save i get this nasty message Could not connect to the session manager likely because i am not running gdm or anything like that. i'm an xinit kinda guy, as i occasionally run from command line. now, xinit did start a gnome-session, and it is happily running so how do i save the current session's configs in my current circumstances? randy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-gnome" in the body of the message
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