[Maverick] Workspace layout is 1x9 instead of 3x3

2 clarifications:
  1) This is happening on both of my machines, so it's not just a weird config on one (although they have similar setup)
  2) It's fine in compiz.

Dave

I've had this issue longer, at least a week. T-T I will check if compiz fixes it

it _sorta_ fixes it with compiz. It doesn't take up more space on the task bar like it used to. so if I want a bunch of spaces, it isn't workable.

I am troubled by this bug too. Please see discussion on http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1575087&page=1

I have noticed this one too.

I use both karmic and Lucid in addition to testing Maverick.

I have a 32 pixel wide "frame" around the edges of my monitor; to stash all of the launchers, etc. In both Karmic and Lucid, a workplace switcher placed in a vertical panel orients itself vertically (i.e. stacked on above the other) as a single row.

After a fresh install of Maverick into its own partition, the workplace switcher was located in the bottom panel. As soon as I moved it to the left side; things got strange. Instead of being vertically stacked, the switcher screens were horizontally stacked.

All I can say is - something broke!

Something very strange: sometimes Maverick locks up for me. I turn off the machine, reboot, log in, and then my workspace switcher is back to normal. Then after the next lockup, I have to reboot again, and then it's broken again.

This smells of nondeterminism: something like a garbage pointer, array overrun, or race condition.

Personally I suspect there may be a wider problem with reading configuration. I see other slightly similar things happening (in Lucid as well):
 * Sometimes after a reboot my CPU frequency management is delegated to the Performance governor instead of the Ondemand governor that I would normally get. However, changing the setting back manually fixes it.
 * Sometimes (aspects of) my desktop theme settings just seem to be forgotten. However, loading up the Appearance preferences is often enough to bring them back to normal.

The option that seems broken is a combination of "Visual Effects: None" (using metacity, I guess) and using more than one row of workspaces.

I've tried recompiling gnome-panel package without 16_compiz_workspace_switcher.patch and that didn't help (I've also tried compiling without the wnck crasher fixes in patches 90* and 91*, but no luck). So, it might be an upstream problem though it'd be nice if someone can confirm.

I am not seeing any other problems with regards to configuration saving.

FTR, I have not noticed any problems with configuration saving either. Only with configuration reading, as in my previous comment, and only occasionally.

fix is in http://git.gnome.org/browse/libwnck/commit/?id=c4e2408bf81f476ee29f44e44d3adaaaf06afa06, backporting it

This bug was fixed in the package libwnck - 1:2.30.4-0ubuntu2

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libwnck (1:2.30.4-0ubuntu2) maverick; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/91_git_fix_multi_row_pagers.patch:
    - backport fix to get back multi workspace row support in metacity and
      mutter (LP: #642746)
 -- Didier Roche <email address hidden> Thu, 23 Sep 2010 13:55:49 +0200

I can confirm that the fix works for me.

Thanks, Didier :).

Looking forward to having it! As it happens I expect to see the author of the patch next week, so that'll be an opportunity to thank him in person.

Yep works nicely; thank you Didier!

Dave

Thanks, working after yesterdays updates of Maverick. Only when panel is on theright the height of the workspace-square is to low when panel is set at 30px. By increasing to 40 and icons are showing.
 Michael