I can also confirm that "killall metacity" breaks the cycle, though I'm not sure why.
~/.xsession-errors is 54MB of:
Window manager warning: Screen 0 on display ":0.0" already has a window manager; try using the --replace option to replace the current window manager.
Window manager warning: Failed to read saved session file /home/mdz/.config/metacity/sessions/1037d2bf8e46f506124701073754142900000192700026.ms: Failed to open file '/home/mdz/.config/metacity/sessions/1037d2bf8e46f506124701073754142900000192700026.ms': No such file or directory
I can also confirm that "killall metacity" breaks the cycle, though I'm not sure why.
~/.xsession-errors is 54MB of:
Window manager warning: Screen 0 on display ":0.0" already has a window manager; try using the --replace option to replace the current window manager. .config/ metacity/ sessions/ 1037d2bf8e46f50 612470107375414 290000019270002 6.ms: Failed to open file '/home/ mdz/.config/ metacity/ sessions/ 1037d2bf8e46f50 612470107375414 290000019270002 6.ms': No such file or directory
Window manager warning: Failed to read saved session file /home/mdz/