Re: Broken WM change

On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:31:17 +0000
Abrolag <abrolag <at> users.sourceforge.net> wrote:

> On Thu, 5 Mar 2009 22:38:55 +0000
> Abrolag <abrolag <at> users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> 
> > I've been using OpenBox for a long time now, but just recently
> > thought I'd have a look again at other WMs but everything seems
> > horribly unstable.
> > 
> > I can reasonably reliable switch between OpenBox and Kwin, but
> > OroboROX, Sawfish, xfwm4 all crash. In doing so they disable WM
> > selection and the only way I can recover control is by loging out and
> > back in again.
> > 
> > The command I'm using (in a script) is:
> > 
> > dbus-send --print-reply --type=method_call --dest=net.sf.rox.Session \
> >   /Settings net.sf.rox.Session.Settings.SetString
> > string:ROX/WindowManager string:xfwm4
> > 
> > OroboROX of course has its own incomprehensible startup script!
> > 
> > I had been running ROX Session 0.30, but upgrading to 0.40 made no
> > difference.
> 
> I am very disappointed that nobody has commented on this. Mostly I want
> to carry on using OpenBox, but would still like to be able to switch to
> the others from time to time.

Hmmm. Did the last one to leave switch out the lights?

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