Linux 2.6.34-12-desktop x86_64
Gnome desktop
I updated from v11.2. to v11.3.
I have 4 workspaces defined. The Gnome panel shows only in the first workspace! When I switch to another one, the panel disappears.
As you may imagine, this is rather inconvenient. Once I am in another workspace other than 1, my only option is to reboot since there is no way to navigate anywhere.
How do I set up the Gnome panel to show in all workspaces?
Hi
What happens if you create a test user. Does the test user have the
same issue?
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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
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What happens if you create a test user?
A new account’s desktop works as expected. So it is some peculiarity of my working desktop.
And its behavior has changed. 
Now the desktop icons disappear when switching to a new workspace, and the Gnome panel stays in place.
Another oddity: The “desktop cube” does not work in my account. It does in the test account. The Cube and Cube Rotation are both enabled, but no workee.
Hi
That would indicate the compiz settings are probably wonky from the
upgrade. I would first open a teminal as the user your having problems
with and run the following;
cd
touch ~/.config/compiz/disable-compiz
mv ~/.config/compiz/compizconfig-1/* .
Logout, login and then go to the Control Center an re-enable desktop
effects. If it’s not installed, you should look at installing
compizconfig-settings-manager and compiz-plugins-extra
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cd
touch ~/.config/compiz/disable-compiz
mv ~/.config/compiz/compizconfig-1/* .Logout, login and then go to the Control Center and re-enable desktop effects.
Okay, that worked. I have all of the basic functionality back.
But if I remove <disable-compiz>, it gets wonky again. This time the symptom is that I could not change to another workspace when <disable-compiz> was deleted. But none of the effects work if that file exists.
Hi
Well that’s a weird one! Yet your test user works fine, can you inspect
the contents of the files on the test user in
~/.config/compiz/compizconfig-1/ all look the same?
Did you install the additional two packages?
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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
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Did you install the additional two packages?
Yes. compizconfig-settings-manager was already installed and I added compiz-plugins-extra.
The difference in the config files bewteen the two accounts was the presence of a [workarounds] section in the test account. I added that to mine but it made no difference.
I have found an acceptable workaround. When compiz is enabled, I must select either the cube or wall switcher to change among the workspaces. (Viewport switcher does not have any effect.) If none is enabled, I cannot select a workspace.
I rather dislike the motion effect but at least I can get there now.
Hi
It’s a funny one, I would be tempted to create a a new user and move
everything.
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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
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