[GRLUG] desktop not aligned after disconnecting external monitor

[Eric Beversluis]

On Thu, 2013-05-09 at 14:52 -0400, Michael Mol wrote:
> On 05/09/2013 02:43 PM, Eric Beversluis wrote:
> > My external monitor to my Lenovo x120e starts up fine (Fedora 17). I
> > plug it in, go to system settings, where it has been noticed and just
> > switch it to on. It aligns nicely and I can drag stuff easily back and
> > forth.
> > 
> > But I can't seem to find the right path to disconnecting it. I've tried
> > turning it off in System Settings before disconnecting, disconnecting
> > with it turned on, disconnecting after I've powered down the monitor.
> > 
> > It always seems to result in the desk icons being skewed way to the
> > left, so just the right few columns of icons show. The only way I've
> > been able to get the desktop right is to reboot.
> > 
> > That shouldn't be necessary, should it? 
> 
> There's a good chance you can straighten things out using the xrandr
> command. Try using that to turn off your external output (i.e. if it's
> VGA, it'd be "xrandr --output VGA1 --off". If its' DVI, it'd be "xrandr
> --output DVI1 --off"), and to reset your primary display ("xrandr
> --output LVDS1 --auto --primary" or some such)
> 
Are you saying that would be done each time? Then it would seem the
gnome-tweak-tool would be quicker. Shouldn't the System Settings handle
it? Is the system setting Displays function a front-end to xrandr?