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(XFCE) Kicked to gdm after changing window-theme

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http://crunchbanglinux.org – Im running #!Statler XFCE, was trying out different window-manager-styles (ie, xfce4-settings-manager -> window-decorations (mine is in swedish tho so I might not have gotten the eng name right, just guessing)), and when i picked one of them X crashed and threw me to gdm login. When I try to login as usual (Xsession), I get instantly kicked out again. I cannot seem to change the setting from inside openbox - xfce-settings-manager:"These settings cannot work with your current windowmanager (openbox)" ).There is probably a simple way to change that theme without the (HowTos)

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