I don't know if it's related or not to the problem, but here it goes. I'm using Ubuntu 17.10 on a laptop that has a Nvidia 540M GPU and also an onboard Intel GPU. It seems Ubuntu is assigning a monitor for each (there's an unknown second monitor on my setup and I have no idea where it came from).
In the end, my solution was disabling that unknown monitor. That made the "virtual screen" I was referring to before disappear and the system settings app to work again. But, oddly, it only began malfunctioning after I moved the dock to the bottom position. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1721637 Title: can't open system settings(Ubuntu 17.10), icon is visible but settings don't dislay Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When i click on system settings, icon is displaying but settings window doesn't visible. I have already reinstalled ubuntu desktop and gnome-control-center, but without any success.(reboot also didn't help).If i try to open gnome-control-center in terminal the same result only icon appearce To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1721637/+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
