This bug was fixed in the package gnome-shell - 3.3.92-0ubuntu1 --------------- gnome-shell (3.3.92-0ubuntu1) precise; urgency=low
* New upstream release. - No longer affects the number of workspaces in Unity 2D (LP: #826089) * debian/control.in: Bump minimum mutter to 3.3.92 [ Rico Tzschichholz ] * debian/patches/20_revert_gcr_depend.patch: - Revert dependency on gcr 3.3 since we're sticking with 3.2 for 12.04 -- Jeremy Bicha <jbi...@ubuntu.com> Thu, 22 Mar 2012 01:47:24 -0400 ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to metacity in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dp-unity2d 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: Invalid Status in Unity 2D: Confirmed Status in “gnome-shell” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released 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 : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp