| Jeff Abrahamson on 2 Nov 2006 00:05:15 -0000 |
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I'm trying to change my window manager. It's not working. I'm trying
to do it the right way, whatever that is, by using (debian testing)
update-alternatives. But despite the below, when I authenticate to
gdm, or when I run startx from the non-X command line, up comes my old
wm, sawfish. On another machine where I tried this, the default wm is
metacity, and the same problem presents.
Google presents lots of articles on wm choice, but I haven't found any
that address how to choose.
I can fix the problem with a sludge hammer, putting the name of my
preferred wm in ~/.Xsession. This all seems wrong, though, even
update-alternatives. WM choice should be easily configured by the
individual user. Anyone know how?
krypton:/home/jeff# update-alternatives --config x-window-manager
There are 2 alternatives which provide `x-window-manager'.
Selection Alternative
-----------------------------------------------
+ 1 /usr/bin/sawfish
* 2 /usr/bin/ratpoison
Press enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number: 2
Using `/usr/bin/ratpoison' to provide `x-window-manager'.
krypton:/home/jeff# update-alternatives --display x-window-manager
x-window-manager - status is manual.
link currently points to /usr/bin/ratpoison
/usr/bin/sawfish - priority 70
slave x-window-manager.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/sawfish.1.gz
/usr/bin/ratpoison - priority 20
slave x-window-manager.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/ratpoison.1.gz
Current `best' version is /usr/bin/sawfish.
krypton:/home/jeff#
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Jeff
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