"screens go black" reminds me of bug 1873403 which might be somehow related.
** Summary changed: - cannot change main monitor after setting scaling for monitors w/nvidia drivers + [nvidia] cannot change main monitor after setting scaling for monitors -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1873266 Title: [nvidia] cannot change main monitor after setting scaling for monitors To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1873266/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs