Save the following code in a file named sawfish-gnome-dm-setup, then run it with:
$ sudo bash ./sawfish-gnome-dm-setup
File sawfish-gnome-dm-setup:
#!/bin/bash # author: Laurent Orseau - laurent orseau gmail com # License: WTFPL # run as root: # $ sudo bash ./sawfish-gnome-dm-setup if [ $EUID -ne 0 ]; then echo "You must be a root user" 2>&1 exit 1 fi echo "[GNOME Session] Name=Sawfish/GNOME RequiredComponents=gnome-settings-daemon;gnome-panel; RequiredProviders=windowmanager; DefaultProvider-windowmanager=sawfish DefaultProvider-notifications=notification-osd " > /usr/share/gnome-session/sessions/sawfish.session echo "[Desktop Entry] Type=Application Encoding=UTF-8 Name=Sawfish Exec=bash -c 'sawfish&' NoDisplay=true X-GNOME-WMName=Sawfish X-GNOME-Autostart-Phase=WindowManager X-GNOME-Provides=windowmanager X-GNOME-Autostart-Notify=false " > /usr/share/applications/sawfish.desktop echo "[Desktop Entry] Name=GNOME with Sawfish Comment=Gnome with the Sawfish window manager TryExec=/usr/bin/gnome-session Exec=gnome-session-sawfish Type=XSession " > /usr/share/xsessions/gnome-sawfish.desktop echo "#! /bin/sh exec gnome-session --session sawfish \"\$@\" " > /usr/bin/gnome-session-sawfish chmod +x /usr/bin/gnome-session-sawfish echo "Setup complete. If gnome-panel waits 30s before showing up, add the following line around the top of you sawfish rc file: (system \"(sleep 3 && gnome-panel)&\")"