PCLOS boots into desktop 2, not desktop 1

[malspa]

This question came up over at the All Things Linux forums, and I'm seeing the same problem here.  PCLOS KDE 2010.07, updated to KDE 4.5.0.  When I log into a new session, it always takes me to desktop #2, not desktop #1.  Anyone know how to fix that?

[shrinivas]

Same thing happens here too !
There were some posts about this in this forum earlier, I don't recall now.
I had managed to get this rectified, but the recent updates have changed it to boot from Desktop 2.
Any help is appreciated.

[malspa]

I started a thread at the KDE forums to try to get some help on this:

http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=89790

[jlf001]

Under Configure Your Desktop> System Administration> Startup and Shutdown> Session Management do you have restore previous session checked?  If so change it to Start with an empty session.

Jeff

[pirate]

mine boots to desktop4

jlf001--that does not change it

[malspa]

Yeah, mine started out with "Start with an empty session" selected.  So I tried switching back and forth between that and "Restore previous session" a few times, logging out and back in each time, but it had no effect, I was still taken to Desktop #2 each time.

[arjaybe]

Maybe you could try changing it to Restore manually saved session, then make sure you're on the right desktop, then save the session.  It might just need to be "set."  Who knows.  Could work.-)

[malspa]

Okay, I'll try that, but how do you manually save the session?

[edit:  oh, never mind, got it]

[malspa]

Maybe you could try changing it to Restore manually saved session, then make sure you're on the right desktop, then save the session.  It might just need to be "set."  Who knows.  Could work.-)

Oh, well, it was worth a shot, good suggestion.  I tried it and the logged back out and back in, then tried it again and did a complete reboot.  Still came back to Desktop #2.

[russell.eberhardt]

Cick on the cashew > activities.
You will see that you have lots of unused activities.  Delete the ones you're not using.
It worked for me - now boots on Desktop 1.

Russell.

[malspa]

Cick on the cashew > activities.
You will see that you have lots of unused activities.  Delete the ones you're not using.
It worked for me - now boots on Desktop 1.

Thanks, Russell, but I only have one activity.

[jlf001]

Try this,

Open Pager Settings and change the number of virtual desktops to 1 and reboot.  Once your back to the desktop, reset the virtual desktops to 4.

Jeff

[malspa]

Open Pager Settings and change the number of virtual desktops to 1 and reboot.  Once your back to the desktop, reset the virtual desktops to 4.

Well, what this did for me here, it caused my system to freak out a bit.  When I rebooted and got back to the desktop and reset the virtual desktops back to four, I found I had 3 activities instead of the one that I had started out with.

So I went to desktop #1, then I logged out and back in, and it opened up in desktop #4.  Crazy.

[malspa]

So after fixing things back up, I'm pretty much back where I started.  One activity, four virtual desktops, but now when I log out and back in it defaults to Desktop #4 instead of Desktop #2 like before, and I still can't get it to default to Desktop #1.

[uncleV]

So it goes to the last v.desktop?

I have configured to autostart three applications, one of them set to start explicitly in fourth v.desktop. It is the slowest opening program and the autostart list puts it at the last place.
3d-effects are enabled.

What I'm seeing after login is Firefox loading on v.de. #1, Krusader loading there too, cube rotating to #4 and linuxdc++ (the last in the list and slowest) loading at this v.de. I'm presented with the #4 active desktop and have to go manually to the first.
If for some reason Firefox slows its start it opens after linuxdc++ in the fourth desktop.
If I uncheck explicit starting in #4 all progs start in #1 and this desktop is the active.

May be you have some invisible activity, the same on each desktop, and that's why you end with and land to the last v.desktop?