Re: [xmonad] Screen workspaces not working on new Ubuntu 8.04 amd64 install

adr3nald0s:

On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 7:29 AM, Chris Sanner wrote:

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this is a known issue...

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xmonad/+bug/203594

Thanks, after looking at that, apparently it is an upstream bug from Debian due to lack of Xinerama support in the Haskell X11 libraries. So, since a few simple recompiles did not seem to correct the issue...

I found a temporary solution that works. The Slackware Xmonad package is a simple .tgz, I unarchived it, removed the extraneous install directory, built a 32-bit libgmp for my 64-bit Ubuntu and am now happily running the Slackware version of Xmonad on Hardy Heron.

A firm solution is to build the X11 package afresh for you system, which will enable Xinerama, assuming you have Xinerama headers installed. -- Don