GNOME freezes when loading metacity
 

GNOME on Slackware 10.0 freezes when loading metacity and it does it every time (with GDM and with startx). The safe-mode works fine... a little slow in loading though. Any ideas on how to fix this?
Thanks.

use KDE. it is much better. I used to be a GNOME lover but when i tried KDE I found it was faster and it had much cooler apps plus you can run all of your old GNOME stuff.

What I do when Gnome acts up:

1) Create a new user. See if the problem exists for that user

If everything is OK for the new user, you most likely have a bad configuration file in ~/

2) Delete EVERYTHING in /tmp and reboot.

Sometimes, this works. Never bothered to figure out why.

Aha! I got it just 2 minutes ago! I typed rm -r /home/myusername/.gnome* and it worked!

I don't like KDE. It feels.. two Windowsy for my taste.

Next time this happens I'll try your technique, shilo.
Thanks.

you could replace metacity with openbox. Install it and run it in your session by using the sessions manager thing under 'preferences'.

put: /usr/bin/openbox --replace

in additional startup programs. Openbox is a bit nippier than metacity. Install obconf to change WM config (installs under applications>>other in the Gnome menu).

What are the advantages to using openbox?

Other than OB being a bit lighter, I couldn't say. Apps load a bit faster, and I don't have to resort to a lighter desktop or WM solution. If I did it might mean moving away from the Gnome set-up I have spent ages getting 'just right'!