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

[Michael Biebl]

Am 06.06.2013 22:29, schrieb Michael Biebl:
> 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.

Your Xorg.0.log and the output of gsettings list-recursively | grep
org.gnome.settings-daemon

would be helpful too


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