I'm experiencing this on my laptop and hooked up to an HP 22cwa 1080p monitor. In settings>displays selecting an option is alright but its like the buttons are dead and the logic behind the gui isn't doing what its supposed to. Tried reinstalling gnome-control-center and nothing.
DISTRIB_RELEASE=17.10 DISTRIB_CODENAME=artful DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu Artful Aardvark (development branch)" VERSION="17.10 (Artful Aardvark)" VERSION_ID="17.10" -- 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/1715021 Title: Gnome settings for primary/secondary monitor are not working Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Fresh install of Ubuntu 17.10 (laptop + external monitor). Running "Settings → Displays → Primary (or Secondary)", all the options: - Primary - Secondary Display - Mirror - Turn Off are not working. Also "Arrange Combined Displays" is not working. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.24.3-0ubuntu6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.12.0-13.14-generic 4.12.10 Uname: Linux 4.12.0-13-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Mon Sep 4 22:33:37 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-09-04 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170902) SourcePackage: gnome-control-center UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1715021/+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