10.04 Window manager refuses to open

HMARS · 05-02-2010, 07:29 PM

I just upgraded to 10.04, and after the upgrade, metacity stubbornly refuses to start. I can't get any window manger at all in either KDE or GNOME, and starting metacity manually from command line just produces the message "window manager error: unable to open x display." I've tried reinstalling gnome, metacity, and xorg from command line have had no effect.

RockDoctor · 05-03-2010, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by HMARS

I just upgraded to 10.04, and after the upgrade, metacity stubbornly refuses to start. I can't get any window manger at all in either KDE or GNOME, and starting metacity manually from command line just produces the message "window manager error: unable to open x display." I've tried reinstalling gnome, metacity, and xorg from command line have had no effect.

Try copying /usr/share/applications/metacity.desktop to your Desktop directory, then just double-click it. If it doesn't work, no harm done.

HMARS · 05-03-2010, 09:41 PM

Nope, doesn't work.

RockDoctor · 05-06-2010, 07:48 AM

Another suggestion - from the command line, rename .gconf and .gconf.d (in your home directory) to something else, then run startx. If it doesn't work, you can revert the renaming.

HMARS · 05-06-2010, 11:14 PM

Turns out my mistake was trying to manually start the manager from command line and not a virtual console... now i can start metacity, but still have to after every boot and there's still no title bar.