Workspace problem

Benedikt Meurer benedikt.meurer at unix-ag.uni-siegen.de
Thu Mar 25 21:08:39 CET 2004


James wrote:
> --- Stephen Kuhn <skuhn at telpacific.com.au> wrote:
> 
>>On Fri, 2004-03-26 at 04:55, James wrote:
>>
>>>--- Rakotomandimby Mihamina
>>
>><rktmb.list at wanadoo.fr>
>>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>James wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>xfce version 4.0.4
>>>>>
>>>>>I can not get more than 4 workspaces. When I
>>
>>go
>>
>>>>into
>>>>
>>>>>the settings->workspaces and windows, and
>>
>>click to
>>
>>>>>increase the number of workspaces, nothing
>>>>
>>>>happens.
>>>>
>>>>how does it behave when you try to have less
>>>>Workspaces ?
>>>>try 2 or 1 ...
>>>>
>>>
>>>I have 4 and only four. I can not decrease them or
>>>increase them. I am stuck with four.
>>
>>What about directly editing the
>>~/.xfce4/settings/workspaces.xml file
>>and increasing the amount of spaces that way? (It's
>>worth a shot);
>>restart XFCE after that, ay?
>>
> 
> Here is the contents of my workspaces.xml
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <!DOCTYPE mcs-option SYSTEM "mcs-option.dtd">
> <mcs-option>
> <option name="Xfwm/WorkspaceCount" type="int"
> value="5"/>
> <option name="names" type="string"
> value="1;2;3;4;5;6;7;8;9;10;11;12;13;
> 14;15;16;17;18;19;20;21;22"/>
> </mcs-option>
> 
> and after restarting, via startx which my
> .Xclients-default says startxfce4. I am somehow
> getting some sort of system default setting that wont
> change? I see the value=5 above but still only four.
> Shouldnt the workspaces increase instantly when
> changing the value thru the settings tool?

Any error/warning messages from xfce-mcs-manager or libxfce4mcs on startup?

> James

Benedikt

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