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gnome-settings-daemon package

  1. Bug #732867
  2. Comment #2

Comment 2 for bug 732867

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Evan Broder (broder) wrote : Re: gnome-display-properties monitor layout not saved when using docking station (and display port)

By default, GNOME runs with 4 virtual workspaces. For your first bug, I suspect that the windows you are "losing" are actually on a different virtual workspace. Try pressing Ctrl-Alt-Right arrow and see if your windows are there. Your window manager is responsible for reconfiguring windows when the monitor layout changes. This is a distinct bug from the other behavior you described, so it would be helpful if you could split that issue out to a different bug report. It should be filed against either the compiz package (if you have visual effects turned on) or the metacity package (if you have visual effects off).

As for the monitor layout issue, I see a few strange things going on, so let's start by gathering some more information:

 - Do you have a ~/.config/monitors.xml file? Can you attach it?

 - Run `touch ~/gsd-debug-randr`. If you then repeat your test cases above, you should get a ~/gsd-debug-randr.log file. Can you upload that as well?