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Windowmaker killed GNOME (help!)

Subject: Windowmaker killed GNOME help!
From: Scott
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 12:59:34 -0700
Actually, my dinkin' around in Windowmaker, probably killed GNOME.

I was toying around in Windowmaker last night and noticed one of the menus was "Window Managers", so I checked it out and noticed that Metacity was there, which I found odd.

So I clicked on it and suddenly my GNOME desktop appears (sans gnome-panel) and I find I can't undo it, so I ctrl+alt+backspace which leaves me at the shell (sometimes it restarts X, I can never figure out it's logic...).

Then I tried "start x" which got me nowhere, so I rebooted.

When GNOME started I got the splash screen, followed by the desktop background and then the panels started to appear, but they didn't get very far and "retreated". Then they tried again with the same result. They tried several more times and finally gave up, leaving me with a completely blank desktop and no right-click menu.

Any idea how I can fix this other than reinstalling GNOME? I'm sure there is some configuration file somewhere that I could tweak/correct.

I did poke around in my home directory,in various hidden files and folders and I couldn't determine what I might need to "fix" amongst them.

So now I'm asking for your help.

Thanks.

Regards,


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Scott
www.angrykeyboarder.com
 2005 angrykeyboarderâ & Elmer Fudd. All Wights Wesewved


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