[xubuntu-users] WTF: workspace switcher stopped working

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On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 1:02 PM, Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 2:30 AM, Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I've installed xubuntu-desktop on my natty system, and have been
> > checking it out for a month or so. But I did a reboot today and things
> > are not right.
> >
> > My workspace switcher shows only one workspace, even though the
> > settings show 8.  Deleting the switcher from the panel and starting a
> > new one did not change this.
> >
> > My application windows have no manager decorations: maximize,
> > minimize, or goAway.  I can resize the windows by dragging the lower
> > right corner, but cannot move them.  And just now resizing Firefox
> > seems to have made it crash.
> >
> > I see no difference between an xfce session and an xubuntu session.
> > I'm not sure what difference there should be, since I was just using
> > the xubuntu sessions up to this.
> >
> > Going back to an Ubuntu session has none of these problems.
> >
> > What did I do wrong?  What can I do to fix it?
> >
> > --
> > Kevin O'Gorman, PhD
>
> I can add: in all cases when I log in, my desktop shows all the
> folders in my home directory.  It never did that before.  I just had 3
> icons: filesystem, trash and one other.
>
> Now here's a confession:
> 1) I've been cleaning up my home directory.  But not fooling with dotfiles.
> 2) I created a new user, and none of the above is true for that user.
>
> Item 2 suggests a quick fix, but I'd still like to know what I did wrong.
> --
> Kevin O'Gorman, PhD
>
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>From your first message it seems to me that Compiz is running.
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