Comment 5 for bug 1283615

Yes, because Xubuntu doesn't ship the standard monitor configuration
tool, and even if it did, it doesn't work properly with nvidia.

On 27 February 2014 10:55, Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> wrote:
> Thank you for your bug report. Is there any reason to not use the
> standard system settings tool to configure the screens?
>
> There is an issue with g-s-d/u-s-d though, if you don't have a
> monitors.xml it shouldn't change the screens configuration but let Xorg
> does it work
>
> ** Changed in: unity-settings-daemon (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Low
>
> ** Changed in: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Low
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1283615
>
> Title:
> gnome-settings-daemon trashes monitor config
>
> Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu:
> New
> Status in “unity-greeter” package in Ubuntu:
> Invalid
> Status in “unity-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> This is actually a bug in unity-settings-daemon and gnome-settings-
> daemon. To reproduce:
>
> 1. Have Nvidia multimonitor layout.
> 2. Position the monitors however you want.
> 3. Run g-s-d or u-s-d.
>
> Expected result: Monitor layout does not change.
>
> Actual result: Monitor layout is reset to default.
>
> Original description:
>
> To reproduce:
>
> 1. Have a multimonitor set up with nvidia
> 2. Position the monitors however you like.
> 3. Save the positions to xorg.conf
> 4. Log out
>
> Expected result: the configured monitor positions are used at the
> login screen.
>
> Actual result: the monitor positions are all reset to default, and
> this configuration persists past login, forcing the user to
> reconfigure monitor positioning after each login.
>
> Impact: When I boot up my computer with unity-greeter I see what is
> shown in the photo, regardless of how I attempt to configure the
> monitor layout.
>
> This bug does not affect lightdm-gtk-greeter or lightdm-webkit-
> greeter, which both correctly honour the Xorg configuration.
>
> This is also a regression, unity-greeter honoured the layout in 13.10.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
> Package: unity-greeter 14.04.3-0ubuntu2
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-8.28-generic 3.13.2
> Uname: Linux 3.13.0-8-generic x86_64
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu5
> Architecture: amd64
> CurrentDesktop: XFCE
> Date: Sun Feb 23 00:57:58 2014
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-11 (11 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140210)
> SourcePackage: unity-greeter
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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Alistair Buxton
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