Forcing Gnome to start sans metacity

[Kevin Kofler]

Yaakov Nemoy wrote:
> This is intended to be default behavior only if you install a special
> xmonad-gnome-session package, though i'm planning on doing one for kde
> too.  Presumably, if the user wants this behavior, then the package is
> needed, but realistically, if /etc/xdg/autostart implies that it is
> forced on the user in KDE, then you're right, it's a bad solution,
> because i'm really looking to have this remain optional, via GDM or
> KDM (/usr/share/xsessions/*)

KDE allows setting the preferred WM in systemsettings under Advanced /
Session management. I'm not sure where it gets its list of WMs from though,
at least KWin and Metacity are detected.

        Kevin Kofler