Description:
I'm running Ubuntu 23.04 on an Intel NUC that has 4 TV's attached. We're merely using it to display metrics in the office.
I wrote a script that turns off the TV's at 6PM, and turns them on at 7AM. The issue is that when the TVs power off, they are removed as a display and so when the TV turns on (one after another) all 4 (Firefox) windows are stacked on top of each other on the first monitor that turns on.
I can fix that manually (via VNC) by minimizing all windows and then maximizing again, but it defeats the purpose of automated power cycling the TV's each day.
Question:
Is there a way to keep the displays available even though the TVs are powered off? Or alternatively; how can I make sure the displays recover their correct (assigned) window when the display setup changes?
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