At least for ubuntu-gnome 17.04, the desktop can be recovered by forcing gnome to restart, and thus avoid a machine reboot or log out/in
The following appears to work, at least most of the times: 1. open the command prompt with Alt+F2 and type r 2. connect laptop with the docking station and press enter to force the gnome restart -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1615734 Title: Multiple monitors broken To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-361/+bug/1615734/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
