Just an update for the archives, and future troubleshooters:
1. To fix this problem, make your .xinitrc look something like this.
setenv WINDOW_MANAGER metacity
metacity &
exec gnome-session
Once Gnome 2 is working again, you can eliminate some of these.
2. Edit ~/.gnome2/default.wm to look something like this:
[Default]
WM=/usr/X11R6/bin/metacity
3. Rename or remove ~/.gnome2/session and re-run startx
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From: Adam Weinberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Peter Leftwich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Adam Weinberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
FreeBSD LIST <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: layers and layers of windows managers
Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2002 12:46:14 -0700
if you wish to keep using gnome and just change which window manager
starts up, open the gnome control center (bin/gnomecc) and modify the
"Window Manager" page of the "Desktop" category.
alternatively, edit ~/.gnome/default.wm and put the windowmanager in
there.
[Default]
WM=/usr/X11R6/bin/metacity
or whatever.
if you don't wish to run gnome at all, then just edit your .xinitrc file
and change the exec line to something else. that file is a script. i'm
attaching mine.
if you're running startx, all you need is an .xinitrc file. i typically
just link .xinitrc and .xsession. if something is spawning multiple root
images, just search for them recursively.
~/$ for i in image1.jpg image2.jpg; grep -r $i \.*
-Adam
======================begin .xinitrc
[snip]
============================end .xinitrc
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