How do I find out what my window manager is if it isnt compiz? the reason I ask is because im trying to track down the workspace switcher and Im pretty sure thats from compiz but when I try to reun compiz from the terminal it says I alredy have a window manager
1 Answer
Install wmctrl
and then run wmctrl -m
. According to the man page:
-m Display information about the window manager and the environment.
For my system, I see:
$ wmctrl -m
Name: Openbox
Class:
PID: N/A
Window manager's "showing the desktop" mode: OFF
$
--replace
switch. If there's already another WM running (no matter if compiz or sth. else), a new WM instance can't be started. The--replace
switch stops the running WM and starts the new WM instead.