How to change the Gnome-Window-Manager?

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01-07-2007, 08:46 PM	#1
Philosopher Member Registered: May 2005 Posts: 101 Rep:	How to change the Gnome-Window-Manager? Hi all, does anybody know how to change the default gnome-window-manager? I would like to use sawfish instead of metacity, but when I try to launch it with a simple "$ sawfish" it says I may only run one window-manager. I also find a menu entry after installing sawfish, but that does nothing either, and the key in gconf /desktop/gnome/application/window_manager is deprecated. So, which config do I have to edit in order to get away from metacity? I use Gnome 2.16 / Mandriva 2007.

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