Re: how to increase the number of cirtual desktops?
I assume you are working under gnome. Just right click with the cursor in on of the workspace icons, on the panel bar on the right. select preferences and you can change the number of virtual workspaces and other things. greetings paul 2009/12/28 Bill Davidsen david...@tmr.com Robert P. J. Day wrote: i'm embarrassed to ask this, but how does one increase the number of virtual desktops in f12? used to be there were 4, but with f12, after a fresh install, there's only 2 and i've poked around under System-Prefs and don't see a setting for that. Related to that, I also keep a fair number of desktops, and I find that they take more of my taskbar than I wish to give them. My solution was to put a tray (aka drawer) on the taskbar, and put the desktop switcher in that. I usually leave it open, but I can gain the space it takes just by closing the drawer. Then I have room for the monitor app on the taskbar, so I can quickly see if the system is running badly. ;-) -- Bill Davidsen david...@tmr.com We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked. - from Slashdot -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: how to increase the number of cirtual desktops?
paul van der meij wrote: I assume you are working under gnome. Just right click with the cursor in on of the workspace icons, on the panel bar on the right. select preferences and you can change the number of virtual workspaces and other things. I assume you intended that as a reply to the O.P. -- Bill Davidsen david...@tmr.com We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked. - from Slashdot -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: how to increase the number of cirtual desktops?
Robert P. J. Day wrote: i'm embarrassed to ask this, but how does one increase the number of virtual desktops in f12? used to be there were 4, but with f12, after a fresh install, there's only 2 and i've poked around under System-Prefs and don't see a setting for that. You should be quite embarrassed :-) Right click over the workspaces in the lower right corner and pick Preferences. -- You love your home and want it to be beautiful. Guess Who! http://tinyurl.com/mc4xe7 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: how to increase the number of cirtual desktops?
Robert == Robert P J Day rpj...@crashcourse.ca writes: Robert i'm embarrassed to ask this, but how does one increase Robert the number of virtual desktops in f12? used to be there Robert were 4, but with f12, after a fresh install, there's only Robert 2 and i've poked around under System- Prefs and don't see a setting for that. Just right-click on the pager. That will get you to the preferences. -- Colin Adams Preston Lancashire -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: how to increase the number of cirtual desktops?
On Sun, 27 Dec 2009, Ed Greshko wrote: Robert P. J. Day wrote: i'm embarrassed to ask this, but how does one increase the number of virtual desktops in f12? used to be there were 4, but with f12, after a fresh install, there's only 2 and i've poked around under System-Prefs and don't see a setting for that. You should be quite embarrassed :-) Right click over the workspaces in the lower right corner and pick Preferences. wow ... that just blew away all of my desktops and quit unexpectedly. is there a Plan B? rday -- Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting, Training and Kernel Pedantry. Web page: http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: how to increase the number of cirtual desktops?
Robert P. J. Day wrote: On Sun, 27 Dec 2009, Ed Greshko wrote: Robert P. J. Day wrote: i'm embarrassed to ask this, but how does one increase the number of virtual desktops in f12? used to be there were 4, but with f12, after a fresh install, there's only 2 and i've poked around under System-Prefs and don't see a setting for that. You should be quite embarrassed :-) Right click over the workspaces in the lower right corner and pick Preferences. wow ... that just blew away all of my desktops and quit unexpectedly. is there a Plan B? Strange. Works fine here Before or after it brought up the Preferences dialog box? Log out and log in and try again? Or, I could find the file that gets altered -- Auction: A gyp off the old block. Guess Who! http://tinyurl.com/mc4xe7 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: how to increase the number of cirtual desktops?
On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 06:20:06 -0500 (EST), Robert wrote: On Sun, 27 Dec 2009, Ed Greshko wrote: Robert P. J. Day wrote: i'm embarrassed to ask this, but how does one increase the number of virtual desktops in f12? used to be there were 4, but with f12, after a fresh install, there's only 2 and i've poked around under System-Prefs and don't see a setting for that. You should be quite embarrassed :-) Right click over the workspaces in the lower right corner and pick Preferences. wow ... that just blew away all of my desktops and quit unexpectedly. Without triggering ABRT? is there a Plan B? It works fine here. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: how to increase the number of cirtual desktops?
Robert P. J. Day wrote: On Sun, 27 Dec 2009, Ed Greshko wrote: Robert P. J. Day wrote: i'm embarrassed to ask this, but how does one increase the number of virtual desktops in f12? used to be there were 4, but with f12, after a fresh install, there's only 2 and i've poked around under System-Prefs and don't see a setting for that. You should be quite embarrassed :-) Right click over the workspaces in the lower right corner and pick Preferences. wow ... that just blew away all of my desktops and quit unexpectedly. is there a Plan B? FWIW, the number of workspaces is kept in this file ~/.gconf/apps/metacity/general/%gconf.xml signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: how to increase the number of cirtual desktops?
On Sun, 27 Dec 2009, Ed Greshko wrote: Robert P. J. Day wrote: On Sun, 27 Dec 2009, Ed Greshko wrote: Robert P. J. Day wrote: i'm embarrassed to ask this, but how does one increase the number of virtual desktops in f12? used to be there were 4, but with f12, after a fresh install, there's only 2 and i've poked around under System-Prefs and don't see a setting for that. You should be quite embarrassed :-) Right click over the workspaces in the lower right corner and pick Preferences. wow ... that just blew away all of my desktops and quit unexpectedly. is there a Plan B? Strange. Works fine here Before or after it brought up the Preferences dialog box? Log out and log in and try again? Or, I could find the file that gets altered it's ok. after trying that blew away a number of my icons on the panel, i manually put them back and was allowed to increase my number of virtual desktops. grr. but we're good now. rday -- Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting, Training and Kernel Pedantry. Web page: http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: how to increase the number of cirtual desktops?
Robert P. J. Day wrote: i'm embarrassed to ask this, but how does one increase the number of virtual desktops in f12? used to be there were 4, but with f12, after a fresh install, there's only 2 and i've poked around under System-Prefs and don't see a setting for that. Related to that, I also keep a fair number of desktops, and I find that they take more of my taskbar than I wish to give them. My solution was to put a tray (aka drawer) on the taskbar, and put the desktop switcher in that. I usually leave it open, but I can gain the space it takes just by closing the drawer. Then I have room for the monitor app on the taskbar, so I can quickly see if the system is running badly. ;-) -- Bill Davidsen david...@tmr.com We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked. - from Slashdot -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines