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rdking

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From: Halifax NS

Registered: 2005-04-14

Posts: 114

openbox

having trouble with openbox and having to rename my desktops after each session exit.

Using obconf, under desktops they are named correctly, and simply clicking on the names of each desktop and exiting is sufficient.  The names do appear in my rc.xml...any help in resolving this would be great....see code below, only other start up programs are bbdocker, and gdesklets:

   <!-- this stuff is only used at startup, pagers allow you to change them
       during a session

       these are default values to use when other ones are not already set
       by other applications, or saved in your session

       use obconf if you want to change these without having to log out
       and back in -->
    <number>5</number>
    <firstdesk>1</firstdesk>
    <names>
      <name>(Office)</name>
      <name>(Internet)</name>
      <name>(Multimedia)</name>
      <name>(Mail & IM)</name>
      <name>(Music)</name>
    </names>
    <popupTime>875</popupTime>
    <!-- The number of milliseconds to show the popup for when switching
       desktops.  Set this to 0 to disable the popup. -->
  </desktops>

synorgy

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From: $HOME

Registered: 2005-07-11

Posts: 272

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Re: openbox

Are you using a panel program? I find that some minimalistic panels rename the desktop space after the WM sets them (pyPanel being the worst culprit)

Just set those names in your pypanel config and see if that helps.

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rdking

Member

From: Halifax NS

Registered: 2005-04-14

Posts: 114

Re: openbox

no panel, don't like them.  no the only things in my autostart are docker and feh.

It's weird, it remembers there are 5 workspaces not the regular 4, and numbers them, but forgets the names.  I am wondering whether my theme is screwing with it.....gonna try a standard theme, and gtk2 theme, and see what I get.

thayer

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From: Vancouver, BC

Registered: 2007-05-20

Posts: 1,560

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Re: openbox

To start, I would try getting rid of that encoded ampersand, then I would try it without the parenthesis--neither of these should be the cause, but ya never know (maybe you found a bug.)  Then, if that didn't fix it, I'd disable any other autostart programs (bbdocker for sure) and see if that did the trick.

Good luck.

Last edited by thayer (2008-07-16 05:59:48)

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