[SOLVED] [SOLVED] metacity on xfce how?

michaelinux · 07-05-2010, 07:49 PM

i want to use metacity as my window manager on xfce, do you guys know how to do that?

RockDoctor · 07-06-2010, 09:39 AM

Alt-F2 to bring up the command box, then metacity --replace To make this change permenanent, change your startup programs to exclude xfwm4 and to include metacity

michaelinux · 07-06-2010, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by RockDoctor

Alt-F2 to bring up the command box, then metacity --replace To make this change permenanent, change your startup programs to exclude xfwm4 and to include metacity

ok, i did what you said and seems that im using it right now.. but seems like i need to install the frontend to change the themes because i cant find it on my preferences. do you know the name of the package or how can i change the themes.

RockDoctor · 07-06-2010, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by michaelinux

. do you know the name of the package or how can i change the themes.

Hopefully, the xfce faq page is your friend; I've never tried running xfce with metacity