No, that's not correct at all. g-s-d/u-s-d do not run in Xubuntu, however, they do run in the greeter if the greeter is unity-greeter. They exit before Xubuntu desktop starts up, but at that point they have already ruined the monitor configuration.
Since they do not run in Xubuntu, there is no way to configure them. I can use randr to set up my displays, but it won't be saved to g-s-d because g-s-d is not running. This is true regardless of what graphics card I use. This is not a feature request to detect custom nvidia configs, it is a feature request to not stomp all over the standard interface for configuring Xorg, which is Xorg.conf. Setting the bug name back to the original for this reason. ** Summary changed: - xrandr layouts shouldn't be changed on nvidia-tool custom config + gnome-settings-daemon trashes monitor config -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1283615 Title: gnome-settings-daemon trashes monitor config Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “unity-greeter” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “unity-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: This is actually a bug in unity-settings-daemon and gnome-settings- daemon. To reproduce: 1. Have Nvidia multimonitor layout. 2. Position the monitors however you want. 3. Run g-s-d or u-s-d. Expected result: Monitor layout does not change. Actual result: Monitor layout is reset to default. Original description: To reproduce: 1. Have a multimonitor set up with nvidia 2. Position the monitors however you like. 3. Save the positions to xorg.conf 4. Log out Expected result: the configured monitor positions are used at the login screen. Actual result: the monitor positions are all reset to default, and this configuration persists past login, forcing the user to reconfigure monitor positioning after each login. Impact: When I boot up my computer with unity-greeter I see what is shown in the photo, regardless of how I attempt to configure the monitor layout. This bug does not affect lightdm-gtk-greeter or lightdm-webkit- greeter, which both correctly honour the Xorg configuration. This is also a regression, unity-greeter honoured the layout in 13.10. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: unity-greeter 14.04.3-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-8.28-generic 3.13.2 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-8-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Sun Feb 23 00:57:58 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-11 (11 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140210) SourcePackage: unity-greeter UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/1283615/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
