Bug#547899: [gnome-session] compiz is started instead of metacity

Brent S. Elmer Ph.D. webe3vt at aim.com
Tue Sep 22 13:44:32 UTC 2009


Package: gnome-session
Version: 2.26.2-1
Severity: normal

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I upgraded to the latest gnome-session in squeeze yesterday.  I have compiz installed but use metacity.  After logging out once today,
when I logged back in, compiz was started instead of metacity.  When I look at the compiz applet, it says metacity is running even though 
compiz is.  When I click on metacity as the window manager to set it as the window manager again even though it says it is already what is running, 
X restarts and when I login to gnome compiz is running instead of metacity.  I don't want metacity because something is not set up right in that I 
can't drag windows from the title bar and my ati graphics card doesn't do direct rendering in compiz.  In order to get matacity back, I uninstalled compiz.
There is probably some fiddling around I could do to make compiz work right but for now I just want something that works.  I have had similar problems in the 
past where compiz wants to take over.  Usually I could get it fixed by reselecting metacity in the compiz applet.

--- System information. ---
Architecture: i386
Kernel:       Linux 2.6.30.090914

Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  500 testing         www.debian-multimedia.org 
  500 testing         security.debian.org 
  500 testing         debian.linux.ibm.com 
  500 jaunty          ppa.launchpad.net 

--- Package information. ---
Depends                    (Version) | Installed
====================================-+-===========
gnome-settings-daemon      (>= 2.26) | 2.26.1-2
gnome-panel                          | 2.26.3-1
metacity                             | 1:2.26.0-3
 OR compiz-gnome                     | 
 OR sawfish                          | 
gnome-session-bin          (>= 2.26) | 2.26.2-1
gnome-session-bin          (<< 2.27) | 2.26.2-1


Package's Recommends field is empty.

Suggests               (Version) | Installed
================================-+-===========
gnome-user-guide                 | 2.26.2-1
 OR gnome2-user-guide            | 
desktop-base                     | 5.0.5
gnome-keyring                    | 2.26.1-1











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