Public bug reported: I have my monitor in the hdmi port of my gtx780 and my tv in the displayport. Something about X seems to have a bias towards the dp output.
During the installer I had to unplug the tv (displayport) and continue the installation. When I plug it in I have to use super + p to switch to 'extend' instead of duplicate. This has a high probability to make the mouse unable to click anywhere in gnome. >From this point I am able to set my monitor as the primary monitor and gnome >works as expected. I rebooted and gdm still defaulted to my secondary (dp) monitor. I blindly logged in (enter + password + enter) and the desktop switched a few times between tv as default and monitor as default. It finally settled on the monitor as default however I could not click anywhere in gnome. I was able to get control again by pressing the window button, typing and opening a program, from here I was able to alt-tab to the program and was able to click on the desktop again. From here I went to settings to verify my settings and saw that my setting of the monitor (hdmi) as the primary monitor was still there. I suspect grub is defaulting to displayport, passing this default to gdm, then once gdm exits and gnome is loaded the proper default is restored. However Gnome is not in 'focus' for some reason and it takes work to fix this. A separate effort should probably be crated around the super + p display switching dialog as it has a high probability of locking a user out of the session. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-15.16-generic 4.15.15 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-15-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia_modeset nvidia .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0000.01.00.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0000:01:00.0' .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: "" .proc.driver.nvidia.version: NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 390.48 Thu Mar 22 00:42:57 PDT 2018 GCC version: gcc version 7.3.0 (Ubuntu 7.3.0-16ubuntu3) .proc.driver.nvidia.warnings.fbdev: Your system is not currently configured to drive a VGA console on the primary VGA device. The NVIDIA Linux graphics driver requires the use of a text-mode VGA console. Use of other console drivers including, but not limited to, vesafb, may result in corruption and stability problems, and is not supported. ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu6 Architecture: amd64 BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log' CompositorRunning: None CurrentDesktop: communitheme:ubuntu:GNOME Date: Tue Apr 24 00:25:36 2018 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: bionic DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: bcmwl, 6.30.223.271+bdcom, 4.15.0-15-generic, x86_64: installed bcmwl, 6.30.223.271+bdcom, 4.15.0-19-generic, x86_64: installed nvidia, 390.48, 4.15.0-15-generic, x86_64: installed nvidia, 390.48, 4.15.0-19-generic, x86_64: installed ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation GK110 [GeForce GTX 780] [10de:1004] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. GK110 [GeForce GTX 780] [3842:0783] InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-04-22 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Beta amd64 (20180404) MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-15-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=559e0f30-0db2-4199-9f55-98c68bfee444 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 06/20/2014 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 1201 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: P8Z77-I DELUXE dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1201:bd06/20/2014:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnP8Z77-IDELUXE:rvrRevX.0x:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.family: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.product.name: System Product Name dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer version.compiz: compiz N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.91-2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 18.0.0~rc5-1ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 18.0.0~rc5-1ubuntu1 version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers-* N/A version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:18.0.1-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20171229-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.15-2 ** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic ubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1766440 Title: GDM does not default to primary monitor To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1766440/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp