changing XFCE monitor/display arrangement changes primary screen properties in gnome-shell

[Karl-Philipp Richter]

After logging out from GNOME shell and logging into Xubuntu, rearranging the displays relative position without any further changes and rebooting, the primary screen setting for GNOME shell which is used by `wine` and others is changed.

The desktops should optionally offer an option to share settings between, but under no circumstances should they change each others settings.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: xubuntu-desktop 2.218
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-21.24-generic 4.13.13
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-21-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.7
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Jan 17 17:28:33 2018
JournalErrors:
 Error: command ['journalctl', '-b', '--priority=warning', '--lines=1000'] failed with exit code 1: Hint: You are currently not seeing messages from other users and the system.
       Users in the 'systemd-journal' group can see all messages. Pass -q to
       turn off this notice.
 No journal files were opened due to insufficient permissions.
SourcePackage: xubuntu-meta
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Theo Linkspfeifer (lastonestanding)]

Xfce stores its display configuration in ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/displays.xml, so I do not see how that would affect GNOME shell.

Did you check GNOME's configuration file/registry before and after making changes in Xfce?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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