Bug#698340: libgnome-desktop-3-2: monitors.xml is without effect aftere undock/dock cycle

Michael Biebl biebl at debian.org
Thu Jun 6 20:29:18 UTC 2013


Am 06.06.2013 20:06, schrieb Florian Lohoff:
> On Thu, Jun 06, 2013 at 07:53:42PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote:
>> Am 17.01.2013 10:06, schrieb Florian Lohoff:
>>> Package: libgnome-desktop-3-2
>>> Version: 3.4.2-1
>>> Severity: normal
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> the multihead setup for gnome3 is severely broken in multiple respects. With
>>> gnome2 one could automatically let any external monitor become the 
>>> primary screen immediatly. In gnome3 configuration of the primary screen is not possible
>>
>> Open gnome-control-center -> Display
>> and when the external monitor is attached, drag the upper black bar to
>> the monitor, which you want to be the primary display.
>>
>> See the attached screenshot.
>>
>> In my case, I also switch off the internal latop display as soon as my
>> laptop is docked. This works like a charm for me.
> 
> I know how to configure this - The problem is that the next time i dock
> again i need to do it again.

You wrote that there is not GUI to configure the primary display, and
that is simply not true.

That said, switching the primary display as soon as I dock my laptop,
works flawless here, so we need more information what is broken on your
system.

Could you attach your ~/.config/monitors.xml and the debug output of runnig

killall gnome-settings-daemon &&
/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon --debug

when you dock/undock your laptop.

The responsible component to setup the display settings is
gnome-settings-daemon.


Michael

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