FS#17467 - [tint2] doesn't work with openbox 3.4.8-1
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Opened by Mike Dill (Theoden) - Friday, 11 December 2009, 16:46 GMT
Last edited by Andrea Scarpino (BaSh) - Sunday, 13 December 2009, 17:54 GMT
Opened by Mike Dill (Theoden) - Friday, 11 December 2009, 16:46 GMT
Last edited by Andrea Scarpino (BaSh) - Sunday, 13 December 2009, 17:54 GMT
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Description: Following the recent openbox upgrade from
version 3.4.7.2-4 to 3.4.8-1 , tint2 does not work
correctly. In the older version of openbox, when you set
tint2 to show multi-desktops (all pager desktops), it did so
with some padding between them. After upgrading openbox,
tint2 cannot and does not show the multi-desktops - it only
shows one (1) desktop. I downgraded openbox to version
3.4.7.2-4 and it works properly again. It could be upstream,
but openbox's upgrade broke tint2.
Additional info: * package version(s) Openbox = old version 3.4.7.2-4 Openbox = new version 3.4.8-1 Tint2-svn = 283-1 (from the aur) * config and/or log files etc. "attached" Steps to reproduce: Install openbox 3.4.7.2-4 Install tint2-svn from the aur configure tint2 to use multi-desktops - set to 4 here Start openbox - will show 4 distinct desktops in the taskbar. Now upgrade openbox to 3.4.8-1 Start openbox - will only show one desktop. Now downgrade openbox to 3.4.7.2-4 again Start openbox - will show 4 distinct desktops in the taskbar. 
tint2rc
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Closed by Andrea Scarpino (BaSh)
Sunday, 13 December 2009, 17:54 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing: openbox 3.4.8-2
Sunday, 13 December 2009, 17:54 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing: openbox 3.4.8-2
Anyway tint2 from [community] with your config works here too
I installed tint2 from community.
I upgraded openbox to the latest.
Same problem. It does not display the 4 desktops.
I installed fbpanel 5.6-1 in Openbox 3.4.8-1
fbpanel can only see one desktop as well - even though it is set to see all 4.
When I downgrade openbox to version 3.4.7.2-4 - it works fine and shows all 4 desktops.
What I conclude from this is that it is something in the latest openbox that is not working properly. It only seems to see one desktop.
When I use CTL-ALT-RIGHT to access a 2nd desktop - it's not there. Openbox just does not see them even without a panel app running.
Something's wrong in the new openbox.
Removed openbox completely.
Backed up my ~/.config/openbox files and removed the directory.
Installed the latest openbox.
Started it up with tint2.
No go - still can see only one desktop.
Started it with fbpanel.
No go - still can see only one desktop.
Downgraded openbox again.
Started it with both tint2 and fbpanel.
Everything works fine again.
Can't understand why you cannot replicate - but it's real here.
# pacman -S openbox tint2
$ mv ~/.config/openbox ~/openbox_backup
$ cp -r /etc/xdg/openbox ~/.config/
$ startx
"Adam Spiers 2009-04-12 10:59:45 EDT
Created an attachment (id=2036) [details]
Patch from openbox-3.4.7.2-7.fc10.src.rpm
The window manager only has one workspace titled "Workspace 1" if logged in
through GDM using the Openbox or GNOME/Openbox or KDE/Openbox sessions.
Openbox won't respect the number of workspaces or their names in
~/.config/openbox/rc.xml.
This has been discovered and fixed downstream by Red Hat; please see this bug
for full details:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=444135
However I have reproduced exactly the same issue and successfully used the same
fix on a SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 system. Therefore please consider
applying the patch upstream"
Based on information in my last comment to you - it appears that the problem is the new openbox and gdm. If you are starting openbox with gdm (I was), it spawns an instance of metacity and this causes the new openbox to fail to honor the number of desktops specified in it's config file. The 3.4.7.2-4 version of openbox did not do this.
I disabled gdm in /etc/rc.conf - and started openbox-3.4.8-1 with startx, and it works correctly. SO - the problem IS the new openbox IF started with gdm.
--Mike