[lug] Gnome problem

Hugh Brown hugh at vecna.com
Mon Feb 5 18:15:48 MST 2001


you could remove the enlightenment rpm (have a backup copy available in
case that breaks everything.

Upgrade to helix gnome?

Hugh


"cool at lwn.net"
> 
> I'm having a problem with Gnome.  The default window manager is
> enlightenment, which on my laptop, is quite slow to come up.  I used
> the Gnome Control Center to switch the default to Sawmill.  This works
> during the session where I make the change, but, even though I've
> saved my session settings (multiple) times, when I restart X,
> enlightenment comes up anyway.  If I go into the control center, it
> shows Sawmill as the window manager and the file
> .gnome/wm-properties/Config reports "Current=Sawmill".
> 
> Nonetheless, Enlightenment won't go away.
> 
> Any suggestions?  I've installed KDE on the system and I can
> switch between KDE and Gnome without a problem now, but I find
> myself crippled by a lack of knowledge of KDE, or a few missing
> tools (like, where is the power monitor and what are the keyboard
> shortcuts to switch between virtual windows?). 
> 
> Liz
> 
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