Here is .xsession-errors the file written after number of workspaces decreases from 4 to 3 (at least I hope so). I don't see any hints there, but I'm not an expert.
/etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup... Setting IM through im-switch for locale=en_US. Start IM through /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/all_ALL linked to /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/default. /usr/bin/startxfce4: X server already running on display :0 ssh-agent is already running xfdesktop[1384]: starting up xfce4-settings-helper: Another instance is already running. Leaving... /bin/sh: ubuntuone-launch: not found ** (xfce4-session:1364): WARNING **: Unable to launch "bluetooth-applet" (specified by autostart/bluetooth-applet.desktop): Failed to execute child process "bluetooth-applet" (No such file or directory) (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1430): polkit-gnome-1-WARNING **: Failed to register client: The name org.gnome.SessionManager was not provided by any .service files GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-3853Zf SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/keyring-3853Zf/ssh GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-3853Zf SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/keyring-3853Zf/ssh ** (xfce4-session:1364): WARNING **: Unable to launch "zeitgeist-datahub" (specified by autostart/zeitgeist-datahub.desktop): Failed to execute child process "zeitgeist-datahub" (No such file or directory) GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-3853Zf SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/keyring-3853Zf/ssh xfsettingsd: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0. applet.py: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.0. polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.0. update-notifier: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.0. nm-applet: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.0. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/787934 Title: Number of workspaces in Xubuntu resets to one -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs