gdm doesn't clean up after itself

[Jonathan Süssemilch Poulain]

Binary package hint: gdm

Expectations: For openbox-session to launch with the number of desktops i specified in the openbox config.

Actual outcome: Openbox launches with just two desktops regardless of configuration.

Steps to reproduce: Log in with an openbox session configured for more than two desktops.

Additional stuff:

All this works fine if launching manually or reseting some stuff with xprop.

Running 'openbox --replace' in a terminal after logging in through GDM into an openbox session will print the following:(openbox:2908): Openbox-WARNING **: Openbox is configured for 4 desktops, but the current session has 1. Overriding the Openbox configuration.

Workaround: Put the following in openbox autostart.sh or similar "xprop -root -remove _NET_NUMBER_OF_DESKTOPS -remove _NET_DESKTOP_NAMES -remove _NET_CURRENT_DESKTOP"

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Sep 23 22:31:59 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: gdm 2.28.0-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/zsh
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-10.34-generic
SourcePackage: gdm
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-10-generic i686

[Susanne Schlensog (sschlensog)]

Thanks, it works! But it should get fixed somehow...

[tba967 (tba967)]

thank you!