Re: [K12OSN] IceWM default window manager setting lost

[Petre Scheie <petre maltzen net>]

I'm not sure of the files involved--perhaps .gconfd, .gconf, .dmrc, 
etc.--but you might check all the files in your home directory to verify 
that you are the owner for all of them.  It sounds like some files could 
have had their ownership switched to, say, root, such that you can't 
write to them anymore, thus preventing you from setting a different 
default window manager.  Since you're the sysadmin, this can easily and 
sneakily happen.

Rita Gibson wrote:
> Petre Scheie wrote:
>
> > Did you try this, from the wiki:
> > http://k12ltsp.howtoz.net/k12ltsp/icewm.htm
> >
> > Petre
>
>
> I did see that, but wouldn't it change the setting for all users? I 
> really just wanted to fix my own default setting back to IceWM, since I 
> don't really know yet if everyone is having problems yet.
>
> Rita Gibson
>
>
>
> Rita Gibson wrote:
>
> > > My default window manager setting has been lost and I can't figure 
> > > out how to permanently reset it to IceWM. I googled and poked around 
> > > on the internet, to no avail. I tried switchdesk, and that program 
> > > runs, but nothing changes permanently. If I log in using the Default 
> > > setting, I get a Gnome desktop, if I select IceWM, and then log in at 
> > > the k12ltsp login screen, I get the desktop I used to get by default. 
> > > I had it set up so nautilus is not running when I login by default, 
> > > and I have the plain-jane blue windows background.
> > >
> > > I also have one terminal that is supposed to boot and use an auto 
> > > login and run a script when it logs in -- that terminal is not 
> > > booting properly and running it's usual script -- it boots to some 
> > > kind of FailSafe desktop -- I hope nothing serious has happened. All 
> > > the kids are on break, and so I'm not sure if the problem is more 
> > > widespread than these two users (my user and the login for the 
> > > autologin terminal).
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help.
> > >
> > > Rita Gibson
> > >
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