Bug#446901: compiz ignores gconf modifications and number_of_desktops value

[Giacomo Montagner <mantager@gmail.com>]

Hi all, 
I received no answer until now, in the meanwhile I found a pair of 
workarounds: 

a) Workspace switcher works again thanks to this fix: 
http://compiz.org/Workspace_Switcher_Fix

For me it was enough to do this: 
- open gconf-editor 
- change key 
	/apps/compiz/general/screen0/options/number_of_desktops to 1
- change key
	/apps/metacity/general/num_workspaces to 1
- set number of faces of the prism using the key:
	/apps/compiz/general/screen0/options/hsize
(in my case I set it to the value "9" and my workspace switcher displays
now 9 workspaces, and switches correctly)

b) to reload configuration without lugout/login, do a kill -HUP of the 
process compiz.real:
- open a terminal 
- run command: 
	ps -ef | grep compiz.real | grep -v grep \
	| awk '{print "kill -HUP "$2}' | bash


Bye
Giacomo

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