Bug#597911: Workspace switcher broken for users of Xmonad

[Joachim Breitner]

Hi,

Am Freitag, den 24.09.2010, 11:29 -0400 schrieb Denis Laxalde:
> Le vendredi 24 septembre 2010, Joachim Breitner a écrit :
> > another problem with the workspace switcher, introduced by verison
> > 2.30.2-2: When using the xmonad window manager, the workspace switcher
> > is now empty (i.e. a single small black dot). It worked perfectly with
> > the previous version.
> 
> That's strange, I can not reproduce what you describe with my regular
> xmonad configuration nor with the minimal/gnome xmonad.hs:
> 
>   import XMonad
>   import XMonad.Config.Gnome
>   
>   main = xmonad gnomeConfig
> 
> The workspace switcher appears as usual.
> I cannot see any relevant difference in packages version, but maybe I'm
> missing something...

hmm, there might be something else broken. When I kill xmonad and start
metacity, I still see now workspaces.

Moreover, when I open the preferences window of the workspace switcher,
I see the workspace number and names as configured by xmonad.

And last but not least, the window switcher lists all my workspaces with
correct names and windows on them.

So this might potentially be unrelated to xmonad...

Ah, interesting: When I move the panel from the left edge to the top
edge, the workspaces become visibile. When I move the panel back to the
left edge, they stay visible, but are disformed: The workspace switcher
is as wide as my panel (32px), as high as it was when the panel was
horizontal (also 32px) and the individual workspaces are arranged
horizontally as very thin vertical bars.

Killing gnome-panel goes back to a single black dot.

Can you check if the problem occurs for you with a vertical panel?

Greetings,
Joachim

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