restricting number of mons by length of monsyms

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index dfbbdd17..4dfc11b0 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ static const Bool showbar           = True;     /* False means no bar */
 static const Bool topbar            = True;     /* False means bottom bar */
 
 /* monitor(s) symbols */
-static const char *monsyms[] = { "<1>", "<2>", "<3>", "<4>", "<5>" };
+static const char *monsyms[] = { "<1>", "<2>", "<3>", "<4>" };
 
 /* tagging */
 static const char *tags[] = { "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9" };
diff --git a/dwm.c b/dwm.c
index 17d5218c..fa5fdea3 100644
--- a/dwm.c
+++ b/dwm.c
@@ -1690,6 +1690,8 @@ updategeom(void) {
 	if(XineramaIsActive(dpy))
 		info = XineramaQueryScreens(dpy, &n);
 #endif /* XINERAMA */
+	if(n > LENGTH(monsyms))
+		n = LENGTH(monsyms);
 	/* allocate monitor(s) for the new geometry setup */
 	for(i = 0; i < n; i++) {
 		if(!(m = (Monitor *)malloc(sizeof(Monitor))))