Bug 70142 - Firstboot requires metacity
Summary: Firstboot requires metacity
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Public Beta
Classification: Retired
Component: firstboot
Version: limbo
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Brent Fox
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-07-30 18:27 UTC by Nathan G. Grennan
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:38 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2002-07-30 18:27:28 UTC
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Description Nathan G. Grennan 2002-07-30 18:27:24 UTC
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Description of problem:
I am not sure why Firstboot requires Metacity, but I don't like the requirement,
because Metacity will be defaulted to by Gnome2 if avaiable. I would prefer to
be able to install and run firstboot while choosing to install only Sawfish as a
window manager. Then Sawfish will be used by Gnome2 instead of Metacity.

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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot off the first cd
2. Start installer
3. Select Custom install
4. Unselect metacity
5. Make sure firstboot is selected
6. Click Next
	

Actual Results:  Metacity is a requirement of Firstboot

Expected Results:  The installer to continue.

Additional info:

Limbo beta2

Comment 1 Brent Fox 2002-08-12 05:56:36 UTC
Metacity is our default window manager for Gnome2.  Firstboot needs a window
manager, so metacity is the logical choice.  If you really want Sawfish, then
you can use gconf-editor in Gnome to change the default window manager.


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