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List:       kwin
Subject:    Re: broken virtual desktops with kwin
From:       James <jtp () nc ! rr ! com>
Date:       2012-02-27 2:46:55
Message-ID: CAN90s0LQxmL-AAve3V5jLrzmpnEbd08WrotORqgzVmv1LrjPpA () mail ! gmail ! com
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Thomas,

Thanks for the detailed response!

(a) xfdesktop is what xfce4 uses
(b) attached xprop output
(c) restarting xfdesktop processes bounces the entire xfce4 session --
not very helpful, 'eh?
(d) I can click the desktop after detecting it, but where is "sticky"?
(I don't see it under the preference tab)

Thanks!


On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 19:09, Thomas L=FCbking <thomas.luebking@gmail.com>=
 wrote:
> Am 25.02.2012, 00:57 Uhr, schrieb James <jtp@nc.rr.com>:
>
>
>> So far things work perfectly, except for one glaring issue that I
>> can't look past: virtual desktops. For some reason when kwin kicks
>> off, only the desktop I'm currently executing the kwin --replace
>> functions. All the other virtual desktops (a) do not have a
>> background, (b) do not respond to the right-moues click on the deskotp
>> area, and (c) are missing completely when rotating my cube.
>
>
>> Note that the kwin seems to recognize all of the desktops when I go
>> into the configuration utility, but for some reason does not seem to
>> play nice. I can't imagine living with one virtual desktop when I
>> normally run 6 - 8 on most systems.
>>
>> Take a look: http://i.imgur.com/mS4ZH.png
>>
>> Any thoughts / ideas on how to get this to work would be greatly
>> appreciated!
>
>
> This usually means the "desktop" window isn't tagged / detected as deskto=
p
> resp. not on all virtual desktops ("sticky") - therefore the screenshot i=
s
> not really helpful ;-)
> a) what powers your desktop (plasma-desktop shell, nautilus, pcmanfm,
> whatever xfce has ...)
> b) open a terminal and run "xprop > desktop.props", click the desktop and
> attach the output file
> c) other (non netwm compliant) windowmanagers can theoretically break tho=
se
> properties, icewm is a good candidate. Restarting the desktop process doe=
s.
> d) as a temporary workaround, run "kcmshell4 kwinrules", set up a rule fo=
r
> your desktop (use "detect" and click it) to be "sticky", ie. on all
> desktops.
>
>
>
> Cheers,
> Thomas

["desktop.xprop" (application/octet-stream)]

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