>>>>> Alan Steinberg writes: AS> I think the secret there is to use gconf-editor. I couldn't find AS> anything in the compiz preferences gui that allowed this.
In the settings manager (the thing you get if you click on Preferences next to "custom set of effects"), look in the top section for General Options. The last tab is Desktop Size. At least that's what I have with build 126. Caution: only change the Virtual Size settings. I tried changing "Number of Desktops" to something other than 1, and I got all sorts of weird behavior. mike