what window manager am i running?!

guy24x · 03-01-2005, 10:53 AM

hi,

i'm using mandrake 10.1 official, and during installation, i selected only "gnome" as the desktop environment. i want to know which "window manager" i am running now...how do i find that out?!

thanx,
guy24x

bunnadik · 03-01-2005, 11:06 AM

Metacity is the default GNOME window manager.
See this for instance : http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6662&page=3

- Peder

Micro420 · 03-01-2005, 02:11 PM

You can choose and find out by logging out and logging back in. When you log back in, you have the option of selecting your Window manager, like KDE, GNome, etc..

That's one way to play around with that. Also, you can look in your Mandrake Control Center to choose what Window manager you want or are using.

guy24x · 03-01-2005, 02:27 PM

thank you peder and micro...

i think it is metacity, bcoz (i hadnt noticed b4), when i startx, one of the entries says "metacity".

micro, i dont get that option when i log on bcoz, during the mandrake install, i selected to only install gnome, and not kde. in the mandrake control center too, i couldnt find where it said what my window manager was, though there was an option to select between xdm and gdm for the "display manager" (no idea what xdm and gdm is, anyway!)

thanx for the help :-)

regards,
guy24x

bunnadik · 03-02-2005, 01:09 AM

xdm is the graphic login you get when you choose to start X at boot (runlevel 5).
gdm is a nicer looking Gnome version of xdm.

When you run the Desktop Environments like Gnome or KDE you seldom mention the WM.

- Peder