I don't know unity-2d that well, just started using but - It appears that 2d defaults to 4 ws's and doesn't need/create that gconf key but will use it if it happens to be there
On the other hand Gs creates the key and sets the value based on active ws's when logging out, but does not actually use the key/value when logging back in Ex. if one logs out of Gs with 3 active ws's then the value is set to 3. When logging back into GS only the default 1 ws is available. Meanwhile 2d will show 3 So the fault seems to lie with Gs for writing a value to a key it doesn't appear to actually use. -- 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 Unity 2D: Confirmed Status in “metacity” package in Ubuntu: New 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/unity-2d/+bug/826089/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
