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My gnome-shell seems to have only one workspace. I cannot switch to another workspace by using the Ctrl+Alt+Down/Up combination and using the Super Key always shows me one workspace only. If I attempt to open a program in a new workspace using the middle mousebutton i can observe there being 2 workspaces briefly but then the program gets moved to the upper one and the second one disappears. I have already tried to use static workspaces using gnome-tweak-tool. This gives me multiple workspaces, but they all show the exact same content. They are not independent from eachother. Furthermore I have found executing

compiz --replace
gnome-shell --replace

Gives me a gnome-shell with working workspaces.

Edit: Actually the workspace feature just disappeared as I opened a program. So scrap the part about it working.

Zillolo
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I have fixed this problem, by disabling the option "Workspaces on primary display only" in the Gnome Tweak Tool.

Everything works again as expected.

Zillolo
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I had the same problem when I switched to graphics driver nvidia-331. When I switched back to X.Org (nouveau) driver or to nvidia-331-updates, the workspaces again works correctly.

Andrej
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Since you are running compiz, you need to enable the workspaces using the compiz session manager. See the answer on the link below:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/519651/add-workspaces-with-gnome-classic-and-ubuntu-14-04/519718#519718
Harris
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