From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 30 18:40:52 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4D72106564A for ; Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:40:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from mailgw.es.net (mail1.es.net [IPv6:2001:400:201:1::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 538528FC13 for ; Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:40:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [IPv6:2001:400:910::29]) by mailgw.es.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o5UIefe2030025 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:40:42 -0700 Received: from ptavv.es.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Tachyon Server) with ESMTP id A87F61CC41; Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:40:41 -0700 (PDT) To: "Jeremy Messenger" In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:24:21 CDT." Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:40:41 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20100630184041.A87F61CC41@ptavv.es.net> X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=1.12.8161:2.4.5, 1.2.40, 4.0.166 definitions=2010-06-29_03:2010-02-06, 2010-06-29, 2010-06-30 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=5.0.0-1005130000 definitions=main-1006300104 Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Workspace Switcher: cannot add workspaces X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:40:52 -0000 > Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:24:21 -0500 > From: "Jeremy Messenger" > Sender: owner-freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org > > On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:31:24 -0500, Chris Stankevitz > wrote: > > > > > FreeBSD 8.1-RC1, GNOME 2.30.0 > > > > Right-click Workspace Switcher Applet | Preferences | Number of > > workspaces > > > > In this box I specify a number that is greater than 1. For example, > > "9". Then I click "Close" (there is no OK or APPLY button). The number > > of workspaces does not change. Furthermore, when I go back into the > > preferences window, the "Number of workspaces" is back to 1. > > > > Q1: How do I fix this? > > Q2: How can I troubleshoot where in the process the problem is? > > I can't reproduce all of your problem. It sounds like you have an > permission issue or owner of ~/.* folders/files. Do the ~/.* have the > correct ownership? > > Try to look in the ~/.xsession-errors for any error outputs. > > Cheers, > Mezz This is the sort of issue I was having on one of my systems before I blew away ~/.gnome2, ~/.local, and ~/.config. (I would think ~/.gnome2 most likely for this one.) Try getting out of Gnome, moving ~/.gnome2 to something like ~/.gnome2.save and start Gnome back up. Once I did that (and I did all three directories as I was hitting a bunch of weirdness), things started to behave normally, although I did have to re-create my custom menus and reset a bunch of stuff. I had probably upgraded gnome from 2.22 through all even version to the present and I know a number of things have changed in the schema over that time. I guess they finally caught up with me. :-( -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751