diff -Nur xfce4-settings/xfce4-settings-helper/workspaces.c xfce4-settings.new/xfce4-settings-helper/workspaces.c
--- xfce4-settings/xfce4-settings-helper/workspaces.c	2009-01-25 16:08:41.000000000 -0600
+++ xfce4-settings.new/xfce4-settings-helper/workspaces.c	2009-01-26 22:56:04.631698573 -0600
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
         wnck_screen_force_update(screen);
 
         /* walk all the workspaces on this screen */
-        workspaces = wnck_screen_get_workspaces(screen);
+        workspaces = wnck_screen_get_workspace_count(screen);
         for(li = workspaces, i = 0; li != NULL; li = li->next, i++) {
             workspace = WNCK_WORKSPACE(li->data);