Jay Mahadeokar wrote: > Hello trisk. > > As you suggested I did gnome-appearance-properties in the xterm using > failsafe session in GDM. > > I got the desktop settings window where I could adjust visual effects. I > reset the settings as default. But when I exit this session and log on to the > GDM desktop, it again opens with the advanced visual effects and hangs > immediately! > > This should change $HOME/.gconf/desktop/gnome/applications/window_manager/%gconf.xml, replacing in the default property the string "/usr/bin/compiz" with "/usr/bin/metacity".
What is in this file?