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[Doug McMahon <826089@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Finally decided to set up a new user and see what was up. Have adjusted
title and descrip. to reflect

This is caused by unity-2d using the value for "num_workspaces"   in
~/.gconf/apps/metacity/general which is dynamically set by gnome-shell
when exited

** Summary changed:

- If gnome-shell has been installed & logged into then only 1 workspace will be shown in Workspaces
+ gnome-shell writes to ~/.gconf/apps/metacity/general & affects Workspaces shown in unity-2d

** Description changed:

  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"
- I'm not currently aware what settings change(s) in unity cause the folder ~/.gconf/apps/metacity to be created though could be tracked down
- I don't think that having an empty %gconf.xml in the parent dir. is uncommon, but in this case is certainly the culprit.
- If I remove it, log out/in then all 4 workspaces show up. If I return it then, log out/in then back to 1
- Currently in  ~/.gconf/apps/metacity
- drwx------  5 doug doug 4096 2011-08-13 22:30 .
- drwx------ 15 doug doug 4096 2011-08-13 22:24 ..
- -rw-------  1 doug doug    0 2011-08-06 21:28 %gconf.xml
- drwx------  2 doug doug 4096 2011-08-13 17:17 general
- drwx------  2 doug doug 4096 2011-08-13 17:10 global_keybindings
- drwx------  2 doug doug 4096 2011-08-06 21:28 window_keybindings
+ 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
+  PATH=(custom, user)
+  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+  SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: unity-2d
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Title:
  gnome-shell writes to ~/.gconf/apps/metacity/general & affects
  Workspaces shown in unity-2d

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)

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