diff -aur gnome-session-2.23.5.orig/gnome-session/gsm-resumed-app.c gnome-session-2.23.5/gnome-session/gsm-resumed-app.c
--- gnome-session-2.23.5.orig/gnome-session/gsm-resumed-app.c	2008-07-22 12:34:41.000000000 +0200
+++ gnome-session-2.23.5/gnome-session/gsm-resumed-app.c	2008-07-29 23:23:58.000000000 +0200
@@ -213,6 +213,22 @@
         char          *key;
         char          *id;
         char          *val;
+        static gboolean compiz_enabled = FALSE;
+        static gboolean compiz_init = FALSE;
+
+        if (!compiz_init) {
+                gchar *compiz_enable_path;
+
+                /* See if compiz is enabled; if it is, we have to replace
+                 * legacy metacity/compiz entries with gnome-wm */
+                compiz_enable_path = g_build_filename (g_get_user_config_dir (),
+                                                       "compiz", "enable-compiz",
+                                                       NULL);
+                compiz_enabled = compiz_enable_path &&
+                                 g_file_test (compiz_enable_path,
+                                              G_FILE_TEST_IS_REGULAR);
+                g_free (compiz_enable_path);
+        }
 
         key = g_strdup_printf ("%d,id", n);
         id = g_key_file_get_string (session_file, "Default", key, NULL);
@@ -242,6 +258,14 @@
         g_free (key);
 
         if (val) {
+                if (((!strcmp (val, "metacity") ||
+                      !strcmp (val, "/usr/bin/metacity")) && compiz_enabled) ||
+                    (!strcmp (val, "compiz") ||
+                     !strcmp (val, "/usr/bin/compiz"))) {
+                        g_free (val);
+                        val = g_strdup ("gnome-wm");
+                }
+
                 app->priv->restart_command = val;
         }