I can confirm this is still an issue on Precise Alpha 1. The workaround is to first log into a GNOME Shell session, have 4 workspaces open in the workspace switcher, then log out and select Ubuntu 2D from the LightDM session menu. (Of course, if fewer workspaces are desired, you can also open fewer workspaces in GNOME Shell using this method. I don't know what would happen if 5 or more workspaces were opened since I didn't try that yet.)
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to metacity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/826089 Title: gnome-shell writes to ~/.gconf/apps/metacity/general & affects Workspaces shown in unity-2d Status in GNOME Shell: New Status in Unity 2D: Confirmed Status in “gnome-shell” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “metacity” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “unity-2d” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I mainly use unity (3d) but have noticed that at some point when trying unity-2d I can only see/access 1 workspace from "Workspaces" It turns out that if one logs into gnome-shell, when exiting it writes to - ~/.gconf/apps/metacity/general Typically it would do this, but the value used is based on workspaces open in GS when exiting <entry name="num_workspaces" mtime="1313702896" type="int" value="1"/> In the above case when logging into unity-2d only 1 workspace will be shown ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: unity-2d 4.0.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-8.11-generic 3.0.1 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-8-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Aug 13 22:32:01 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha i386 (20110731) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: unity-2d UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell/+bug/826089/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
