Does anyone know how to get the monitor settings to reload without
restarting X?

On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 9:39 PM, Josh Stratton <strattonbra...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I have a Thinkpad 440S and am running Ubuntu 14.04 with gnome shell.  When
> the laptop is docked, I have an external monitor, which I use as the main
> monitor.  When I undock the laptop, the windows move to the laptop screen,
> but when I redock the display systems don't revert.  The laptop is still
> the main monitor and the external monitor is on the wrong side as it was
> previously configured.  If I restart the machine the changes get reverted
> and all is fine, but I hate having to do that every time I come back from a
> meeting.
>
> I looked on the Ubuntu launchpad site and found the same bug, but it's
> been open 2011.
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-
> daemon/+bug/732867
>
> Is there something I can do to reload the monitor settings on docking
> without having to restart my screen?  I would even setting for a script
> that refreshes the monitor settings from the saved state.
>
> Thanks!
>
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