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Fresh install of Ubuntu GNOME 14.04 with 3 displays (fglrx driver). I can correct the screens order in System Settings / Display but it is not saved when I close the session and reopen it.

Screens order in GDM is also wrong. Copy/pasting the .config/monitors.xml file into /var/lib/gdm/.config/ doesn't change anything.

Does anybody have an idea ?

chewiiie
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I have the same issue

seems like gnome-settings-daemon is not loading monitors.xml at startup

my work around is to run this command

pkill -9 -f gnome-settings-daemon

as a "Startup Application"

i have documented this in my ubuntu 14.04 update and problems post

not sure if there is a better solution

otm
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Looks like a bug to me. If you'd like to see it corrected I would suggest that you mark on the official report that this bug affects you.

k0pernikus
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user275428
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There is one more workaround: Link to article

It basically says that ~/.config/monitors.xml is not applied on startup. So the author created a script which basically does something like this:

xrandr --output LVDS --pos 1920x0 --output CRT1 --pos 0x0

...and adds this to Gnome startup programs.

Zlatko
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