I also confirm that dreamwalker's solution worked for me. My setup is Dell Precission 5520 with two external Dell displays. To be able to drag the monitors, it is necessary that Built-in display is ON at least until before pressing Apply button.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1724955 Title: unable to drag monitors in Display Arrangement Status in gnome-control-center: Fix Released Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Bug description: I am unable to drag the displays in the Display Arrangement section. I have a dual monitor setup and they are in the reverse order. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CompositorRunning: None CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Thu Oct 19 13:12:07 2017 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: artful DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Lenovo 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [17aa:2203] InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-19 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018) MachineType: LENOVO 343522U ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.13.0-16-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=df6662ff-9496-4ff5-8165-82efdbf0b335 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 05/28/2014 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: GCET99WW (2.59 ) dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available dmi.board.name: 343522U dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Defined dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrGCET99WW(2.59):bd05/28/2014:svnLENOVO:pn343522U:pvrThinkPadX230Tablet:rvnLENOVO:rn343522U:rvrNotDefined:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.family: ThinkPad X230 Tablet dmi.product.name: 343522U dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X230 Tablet dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO version.compiz: compiz N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.83-1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 17.2.2-0ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 17.2.2-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.19.5-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.10.0-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20170309-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.15-2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-control-center/+bug/1724955/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp