Bug 4278 - virtual desktops
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Openbox
Classification: Unclassified
Component: general
Version: 3.4.7.2
Hardware: PC Linux
: P4 normal
Assignee: Dana Jansens
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Reported: 2009-09-10 08:19 EDT by ammon117
Modified: 2014-11-05 01:18:53 EST
1 user (show)

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2009-09-10 08:25 EDT, ammon117

Description ammon117 2009-09-10 08:19:32 EDT 
Openbox reads 2 desktops, instead 4 as specified in rc.xml

<desktops>
<number>4</number>
    <firstdesk>1</firstdesk>
    <popupTime>875</popupTime>
    <!-- The number of milliseconds to show the popup for when switching
       desktops.  Set this to 0 to disable the popup. -->
  </desktops>


desktop switch (ctrl+alt+left/right) shows 2 workspaces (see attachment).

Tried to set this with Obconf, result is same.

Im using openbox with GNOME on ArchLinux.
Comment 1 ammon117 2009-09-10 08:25:07 EDT 
Created attachment 2121 [details]
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Comment 2 ammon117 2009-09-11 05:23:05 EDT 
Ok, figured out what happened. Openbox used gnome default setting for virtual desktops. Could you make it optional, to let openbox use whichever setting user wants. DE default or ones from rc.xml
Comment 3 Mikachu 2009-09-20 09:32:15 EDT 
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*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 4040 ***
Comment 4 Dana Jansens 2009-12-16 17:00:27 EST 
This is not quite a duplicate of #4040.

In that case gdm/metacity is setting the number of desktops to 1.  In this case, gnome-settings-daemon is setting the number to 2.

Workaround: change the number of desktops to the amount you want, run gnome-session-properties, and save the current session.  Then you'll get the same number next time around.

I'll change this behaviour in a future version however.
Comment 5 Mikachu 2014-11-05 01:18:53 EST 
This bug isn't tracking anything useful anymore.