diff -up openbox-3.4.7.2/openbox/screen.c.numdesks openbox-3.4.7.2/openbox/screen.c
--- openbox-3.4.7.2/openbox/screen.c.numdesks	2008-04-14 01:22:12.000000000 +0200
+++ openbox-3.4.7.2/openbox/screen.c	2008-05-14 15:53:39.000000000 +0200
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ void screen_startup(gboolean reconfig)
        this will also set the default names from the config file up for
        desktops that don't have names yet */
     screen_num_desktops = 0;
-    if (PROP_GET32(RootWindow(ob_display, ob_screen),
+    if (0 && PROP_GET32(RootWindow(ob_display, ob_screen),
                    net_number_of_desktops, cardinal, &d))
     {
         if (d != config_desktops_num) {