Public bug reported: I have a setup with the notebook screen and a external monitor above the notebook. If I position them using xfce4-display-settings, the monitor with the xfce4-panel and the wallpaper for the first screen is always the external monitor, as it's above the notebook screen. The option to set the "Primary display", which should allow users to change which screen is the primary, do not work properly.
While the setting does not work properly, it has effects but some are negative. The only software I've seen that honors the option properly is LibreOffice splash screen. The screen the program appears after the splash depend from on which screen the mouse cursor is (as the other applications do). Another application that detects the option is xfce4-panel, but this is only partial: the panel is always located on the leftmost or topmost monitor, but if the topmost monitor is not the "Primary screen", then the desktop icons ignore the panel and are covered by the panel. Image showing this: https://i.imgur.com/Y5WOF3I.png ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: xfce4-settings 4.12.3-0ubuntu1 Uname: Linux 4.16.6-041606-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Fri May 4 15:45:01 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-06-13 (324 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412) SourcePackage: xfce4-settings UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2017-10-20 (196 days ago) ** Affects: xfce4-settings (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1769247 Title: xfce4-display-settings "Primary display" option does not work properly To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-settings/+bug/1769247/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
