No freedom of movement in g-c-c displays applet

[Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄]

I have 3 displays - one internal to the laptop and two external connected via VGA and DisplayPort. I can't move the displays around in the gnome-control-center -> displays applet to represent the way my displays are laid out on my desk. It's not a complex arrangement, they're just in a line, but I can't drag the laptop to where I want it.

This video shows it. http://youtu.be/Pq_x1igz_d0

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.4.1-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.39-generic 3.2.16
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon May 28 09:19:45 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120203)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
usr_lib_gnome-control-center:
 activity-log-manager-control-center 0.9.4-0ubuntu3
 deja-dup 22.0-0ubuntu2
 gnome-bluetooth 3.2.2-0ubuntu5
 indicator-datetime 0.3.94-0ubuntu2

[Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 (popey)]

To work around this I had to use xrandr on the command line.

alan@deep-thought:~$ xrandr --output LVDS1 --auto --left-of HDMI2

This allowed me to move the laptop display around.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Matthew Allen (whosdaz)]

Still exists in Ubuntu 16.04 running with 3 monitors.