Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) reached end-of-life on July 18, 2019.
See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test. If you then find the bug is still present in the newer Ubuntu version, please add a comment here telling us which new version it is in and change the bug status to Confirmed. ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1807539 Title: Screen orientation is locked if external monitor is connected Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues/847 --- As described above. I'm using a Thinpad X1 Yoga. Normally the screen orientation changes when I rotate the device or operate it in tent mode, for example. Unfortunately, this does not work if an external monitor (via HDMI) is connected to the device. In this case the screen orientation is fixed, so that e.g. a change into the tent mode is no longer possible. It would be nice if the screen would still change its orientation despite the attached external screen. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10 Package: gnome-shell 3.30.1-2ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-12.13-generic 4.18.17 Uname: Linux 4.18.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sat Dec 8 23:52:43 2018 DisplayManager: gdm3 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-11-30 (8 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Release amd64 (20181017.3) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1807539/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

