Re: I'm missing somthing

[Elliot Lee <sopwith redhat com>]

On Thu, 4 Nov 1999, Keith Wright wrote:

> > From: Elliot Lee <sopwith@redhat.com>
> > 
> > So in your ~/.Xclients:
> > 
> > #!/bin/sh
> > export WINDOWMANAGER=yourfavorite wm
> > exec gnome-session
> 
> I tried this and kept getting the same old WM.  After
> a day or so I figured it out.  The session manager uses
> .gnome/session to know what to start.  The WM is just
> another thing in that file, so if the old WM is in there
> setting WINDOWMANAGER will have no effect.  The script
> gnome-wm checks this variable and starts the appropriate
> real WM, so gnome-wm must be entered in the session file
> for this to work.

Oops right. Just use the control-center capplet to switch wm's, sorry.

However this *is* the right way to do it the first time you run
gnome-session, since gnome-wm is listed in
$prefix/share/gnome/default.session

-- Elliot
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.