After having rebooted, I found that my .gnomerc file was repopulated with export WINDOW_MANAGER=~/.gnome-compiz-manager/openbox after logging of after deleting it for the first time and then replacing it with metacity instead when the problem came back.
After having rebooted, I found that my .gnomerc file was repopulated with export WINDOW_ MANAGER= ~/.gnome- compiz- manager/ openbox after logging of after deleting it for the first time and then replacing it with metacity instead when the problem came back.