Bug 1414817

Summary:	[RFE] ability to disable and remove workspace switcher from gnome 3
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Reporter:	Joe Wright <jwright>
Component:	gnome-shell-extensions	Assignee:	Florian Müllner <fmuellner>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Desktop QE <desktop-qa-list>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	7.3	CC:	acomabon, feborges, jkoten, mboisver, ptoshniw, rstrode
Target Milestone:	rc	Keywords:	Desktop, FutureFeature, RFE
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Comment 12 Michael Boisvert 2017-05-11 14:45:50 UTC

When I run:
 $ dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/wm/preferences/num-workspaces 1

It causes gnome-shell to crash on a slightly slower Lenovo T430. Changing the workspaces to 1 in tweak tool does not exhibit this behavior. On a slightly more powerful machine, the same crash does not occur. It does take 5-6 seconds to recover, however.

Comment 13 Florian Müllner 2017-05-12 13:19:39 UTC

(In reply to Michael Boisvert from comment #12)
> When I run:
>  $ dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/wm/preferences/num-workspaces 1

Does the same happen if you use
  $ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences num-workspaces 1
instead?


> It causes gnome-shell to crash on a slightly slower Lenovo T430. [...] On a
> slightly more powerful machine, the same crash does not occur. It does take
> 5-6 seconds to recover, however.

That suggests a race condition in mutter - if you get a backtrace I can take a look.

Comment 14 Michael Boisvert 2017-05-12 14:28:01 UTC

(In reply to Florian Müllner from comment #13)
> (In reply to Michael Boisvert from comment #12)
> > When I run:
> >  $ dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/wm/preferences/num-workspaces 1
> 
> Does the same happen if you use
>   $ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences num-workspaces 1
> instead?
> 
> 
> > It causes gnome-shell to crash on a slightly slower Lenovo T430. [...] On a
> > slightly more powerful machine, the same crash does not occur. It does take
> > 5-6 seconds to recover, however.
> 
> That suggests a race condition in mutter - if you get a backtrace I can take
> a look.

Running: $ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences num-workspaces 1 works perfectly.

Comment 15 Michael Boisvert 2017-06-06 20:58:08 UTC

Switching this to verified.

Comment 16 errata-xmlrpc 2017-08-01 22:44:12 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2017:2098