Start on specific workspace failing

asked Feb 11 '14

Pinyaka
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updated Feb 11 '14

My questions are:

1. Why does virtualbox keep opening up on workspace 1 or workspace 3?
2. Why doesn't an empty workspace 2 consistently open on my second monitor (HDMI1)?
3. How can I fix this?

I am using i3 version 4.7.2 under Ubuntu 13.10.

I have the following lines in my config.

workspace 9 output HDMI1
workspace 2 output HDMI1
workspace 1 output VGA1
workspace 7 output VGA1
workspace 8 output VGA1
exec --no-startup-id i3-msg 'workspace 7; exec libreoffice --calc'
exec --no-startup-id i3-msg 'workspace 8; exec virtualbox'
exec --no-startup-id i3-msg 'workspace 1; exec google-chrome'
exec --no-startup-id i3-msg 'workspace 9; exec banshee; workspace 2'

virtualbox always starts on workspace 1 or workspace 3 (why does that even open?), no matter where it's placed or whether I include switching to another workspace after running the other exec commands (ie exec --no-startup-id i3-msg 'workspace 7; exec libreoffice --calc'; workspace 8).

Also, The behavior of banshee is dependent on the virtualbox line for some reason. If I comment the virtualbox line out, then banshee starts like normal and an empty workspace 2 opens up on my second monitor. If I leave the virtualbox exec in, banshee opens, but workspace 9 remains the active workspace on my second monitor and workspace 2 is not created.