Bug#325350: gnome-panel: workspace-switcher fails to save its configuration

[Benedetta Giovannetti]

Package: gnome-panel
Version: 2.8.3-1
Severity: normal

Hi!

Using GNOME, I noticed that I'm unable to save my preference with
respect to the number of workspaces.

When I open a GNOME session (with startx) I get 1 workspace only.
So I right-click on the workspace-switcher and select "Preferences"
from the menu. In the dialog, I increase the Number of workspaces
from 1 to 4 and then click on the Close button.

I therefore get 4 workspaces, as I prefer.

When I log out from GNOME, I check the "save current setup" box and
click on the "OK" button.
But, next time I open a GNOME session, I again get 1 workspace and
must reconfigure workspace-switcher as stated above...

It really seems that workspace-switcher fails to save its configuration
(at least for the number of workspaces).

What's wrong?
Is there anything I could do to work around this bug?


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.31-acpi-cfrq
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages gnome-panel depends on:
ii  gnome-control-center   1:2.8.2-3         The GNOME Control Center for GNOME
ii  gnome-desktop-data     2.8.3-2           Common files for GNOME 2 desktop a
ii  gnome-panel-data       2.8.3-1           common files for GNOME 2 panel
ii  gnome-session          2.8.1-6           The GNOME 2 Session Manager
ii  libart-2.0-2           2.3.17-1          Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0            1.8.0-4           The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbonobo2-0           2.8.1-2           Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0         2.8.1-2           The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                  2.3.2.ds1-22      GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libecal6               1.0.4-1           Client library for evolution calen
ii  libedataserver3        1.0.4-1           Utily library for evolution data s
ii  libgconf2-4            2.8.1-6           GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0            1:2.4.2-2         library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0           2.6.4-1           The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2     2.8.3-2           Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome2-0            2.8.1-2           The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0      2.8.0-1           A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeui-0           2.8.1-3           The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0         2.8.4-4           The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii  libgtk2.0-0            2.6.4-3           The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                4.3.0.dfsg.1-14   Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  liborbit2              1:2.12.2-1        libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpanel-applet2-0     2.8.3-1           library for GNOME 2 panel applets
ii  libpango1.0-0          1.8.1-1           Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpng12-0             1.2.8rel-1        PNG library - runtime
ii  libpopt0               1.7-5             lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libsm6                 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14   X Window System Session Management
ii  libstartup-notificatio 0.8-1             library for program launch feedbac
ii  libwnck4               2.8.1-3           Window Navigator Construction Kit 
ii  libx11-6               4.3.0.dfsg.1-14   X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxext6               4.3.0.dfsg.1-14   X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii  libxml2                2.6.16-7          GNOME XML library
ii  xlibs                  4.3.0.dfsg.1-14   X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.2-4.sarge.2 compression library - runtime

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