I tried that and all I saw was a screen flicker. The laptop was still the active screen.
On Sun, Aug 21, 2016, 7:34 AM Per <pmknut...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Josh, > Try this shortcut to set the external monitor as main: > xrandr --output DP1 --primary > > > > On Sun, Aug 21, 2016 at 4:25 PM, Josh Stratton <strattonbra...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> 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! >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnome-shell-list mailing list >> gnome-shell-list@gnome.org >> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list >> >> >
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