On Wed, 2002-08-21 at 18:44, gabor farkas wrote: > 1. to switch to another windowmanager: > > kill the existing one, start the new one, > and exit gnome with save-current-setup enabled.
I try killing the existing one. but it re-starts automatically. If I start enlightenment, it warns about changing the files so that next time one logs on, it will start enlightenment. I Log-out, then log-in, -still metacity. If I choose enlightenment from gdm, I loose the Gnome 2 desktop (even if I save the current-setup). > or > use gconf-editor and change the approperiate setting I have tried this. No immediate change. When I log out and log back in again, the setting is re-set to metacity. > or > set the WINDOW_MANAGER system variable ( actually i'm nt > sure that variable has exactly this name, soory... can > anyone comment it) I couldn't find it. > 2. what do you mean by dragging a window between desktops? you drag a > window, and when at the left-side of the screen the windowmanages should > switch to the next virtual desktop? Yes that is what I mean. It doesn't work. If I drag a window so that it is half off-screen, I can't see it in the neighbouring desktop. > in metacity if you select a window, and switch to a different > workspace, the window will go with you Not for me it doesn't. The window disappears. > 3. the menu on the top of the screen? it's a gnome decision not a > mandrake one. Foo. Is this problem setting the window manager, or just an Enlightenment thing? Any suggestions regarding other window managers? Ed-T. > bye, > gabor > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 11:43:20PM +0100, Edward Tandi wrote: > > I've installed 9.0b3 on my Vaio laptop. Installs without a problem this > > time. Great work. > > > > I'm not too impressed by Gnome 2 though. I'm used to using the > > Enlightenment window manager. Does anyone know how to set an alternate > > window manager for Gnome 2? It looks like Gnome 2 needs to mature. > > > > I took a look at KDE 3, it's looking better, but it still can't drag > > windows between virtual desktops. > > > > While I'm at it, It appears after the install, that gdm wasn't activated > > by default. This meant that when I logged out, I got the terminal logon > > screen rather than a graphical login screen. > > > > Also, who's idea was it to put the menus on the top pannel? What for a > > top panel? > > > > More playing tomorrow... > > > > Ed-T. > > > > > > -- > That's life for you, said McDunn. Someone always waiting for someone > who never comes home. Always someone loving something more than that > thing loves them. And after awhile you want to destroy whatever > that thing is, so it can't hurt you no more. > -- R. Bradbury, "The Fog Horn"
