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[Christopher Kyle Horton <826089@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I can confirm this is still an issue on Precise Alpha 1. The workaround
is to first log into a GNOME Shell session, have 4 workspaces open in
the workspace switcher, then log out and select Ubuntu 2D from the
LightDM session menu. (Of course, if fewer workspaces are desired, you
can also open fewer workspaces in GNOME Shell using this method. I don't
know what would happen if 5 or more workspaces were opened since I
didn't try that yet.)

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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:
  New
Status in Unity 2D:
  Confirmed
Status in “gnome-shell” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
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)

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