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Fresh install of Ubuntu GNOME 14.04 with 3 displays (fglrx driver). I can correct the screens order in System Settings / Display but it is not saved when I close the session and reopen it.

Screens order in GDM is also wrong. Copy/pasting the .config/monitors.xml file into /var/lib/gdm/.config/ doesn't change anything.

Does anybody have an idea ?

chewiiie
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  • I have the same problem. I use the Nvidia 331 Driver and no matter what Tool I use, the Display order always changes after a restart. So it Using a xorg.conf doesn't change anything. –  Apr 19 '14 at 18:33
  • I have the same issue as well with a fresh (clean) install. All that was preserved was the /home partition. / was wiped completely. – Dillmo Apr 19 '14 at 23:54
  • same problem, it is every time gnome shell (re)starts. nb: no problem with unity desktop on ubuntu 14.04 – mikakun May 16 '14 at 13:47
  • i've reposted the question as not satisfied with current answers http://askubuntu.com/questions/467777/ubuntu-14-04-gnome-3-10-external-display-settingsgnome-shell-restart – mikakun May 16 '14 at 14:27
  • Apparently a reported bug, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1292398, but I don't understand the problem. How are the screens not in order? – Braiam May 16 '14 at 21:00
  • @Braiam, the "edge" of the display is in the wrong spot. Whereas normally there is a boundary along the outside the viewable area with a traversable barrier between the two monitors, the traversable barrier is is on the outer edge of the two monitors. In other words,to get to the leftmost (secondary) monitor, you have to move the mouse cursor to the right – skzryzg Jul 01 '14 at 14:11

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I have the same issue

seems like gnome-settings-daemon is not loading monitors.xml at startup

my work around is to run this command

pkill -9 -f gnome-settings-daemon

as a "Startup Application"

i have documented this in my ubuntu 14.04 update and problems post

not sure if there is a better solution

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  • Works great ! Thanks for this workaround. I hope they will find the root cause since GDM has also the same problem. – chewiiie Apr 21 '14 at 11:02
  • +1 mate I just googled clicked and solved , awesome ubuntu community – billybadass May 11 '14 at 00:44
  • It still doesn't save the monitor setup for me, but it solves some other display problems. I need to explicitly add r (restart), though, to the end of pkill -9 -f gnome-settings-daemon. – Stefan van den Akker May 13 '14 at 12:24
  • This creates another problem in my case, makes the first desktop unusable (like it doesn't refresh and keeps shadows of closed windows in it) , any other options? I know yesterday there was a new LTS version released, but since this is a problem for two years at least i'm amazed at no bug-fix in part of ubuntu devs... – SomeNickName Apr 22 '16 at 15:03
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Looks like a bug to me. If you'd like to see it corrected I would suggest that you mark on the official report that this bug affects you.

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There is one more workaround: Link to article

It basically says that ~/.config/monitors.xml is not applied on startup. So the author created a script which basically does something like this:

xrandr --output LVDS --pos 1920x0 --output CRT1 --pos 0x0

...and adds this to Gnome startup programs.

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  • you can also use arandr to create those monitor config shell scripts, but the problem is that the bug occurs at gnome-shell start which doesn't launch the app in the startup list...so i've re-asked the question http://askubuntu.com/questions/467777/ubuntu-14-04-gnome-3-10-external-display-settingsgnome-shell-restart – mikakun May 16 '14 at 14:23