Ubuntu 18.04 with dual monitors issue











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I have 2 monitors and every time I boot up my system with the second monitor turned off, all my icons on the desktop are squashed to the very right (see screen shot).



When I turn the second monitor on, all icons are moved to that monitor whereas this is not my main monitor, my main monitor is the first monitor where I always keep my icons.



It's so annoying. How can I fix it?



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  • My work around is to right click on the desktop and uncheck "align icons". Then right click again and check "align icons".
    – WinEunuuchs2Unix
    Dec 7 at 15:51










  • LOL are you kidding me? :D
    – jedi
    Dec 7 at 15:52






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    Star Wars rule number 1: Never kid a Jedi
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    Dec 7 at 15:54










  • This is probably one of the reasons why Gnome for now dropped legacy desktop icon support through the file manager: the code is old and does not scale well in some situations with modern hardware and multiple monitors.
    – vanadium
    Dec 7 at 15:57















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I have 2 monitors and every time I boot up my system with the second monitor turned off, all my icons on the desktop are squashed to the very right (see screen shot).



When I turn the second monitor on, all icons are moved to that monitor whereas this is not my main monitor, my main monitor is the first monitor where I always keep my icons.



It's so annoying. How can I fix it?



enter image description here










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  • My work around is to right click on the desktop and uncheck "align icons". Then right click again and check "align icons".
    – WinEunuuchs2Unix
    Dec 7 at 15:51










  • LOL are you kidding me? :D
    – jedi
    Dec 7 at 15:52






  • 2




    Star Wars rule number 1: Never kid a Jedi
    – WinEunuuchs2Unix
    Dec 7 at 15:54










  • This is probably one of the reasons why Gnome for now dropped legacy desktop icon support through the file manager: the code is old and does not scale well in some situations with modern hardware and multiple monitors.
    – vanadium
    Dec 7 at 15:57













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I have 2 monitors and every time I boot up my system with the second monitor turned off, all my icons on the desktop are squashed to the very right (see screen shot).



When I turn the second monitor on, all icons are moved to that monitor whereas this is not my main monitor, my main monitor is the first monitor where I always keep my icons.



It's so annoying. How can I fix it?



enter image description here










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I have 2 monitors and every time I boot up my system with the second monitor turned off, all my icons on the desktop are squashed to the very right (see screen shot).



When I turn the second monitor on, all icons are moved to that monitor whereas this is not my main monitor, my main monitor is the first monitor where I always keep my icons.



It's so annoying. How can I fix it?



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  • My work around is to right click on the desktop and uncheck "align icons". Then right click again and check "align icons".
    – WinEunuuchs2Unix
    Dec 7 at 15:51










  • LOL are you kidding me? :D
    – jedi
    Dec 7 at 15:52






  • 2




    Star Wars rule number 1: Never kid a Jedi
    – WinEunuuchs2Unix
    Dec 7 at 15:54










  • This is probably one of the reasons why Gnome for now dropped legacy desktop icon support through the file manager: the code is old and does not scale well in some situations with modern hardware and multiple monitors.
    – vanadium
    Dec 7 at 15:57


















  • My work around is to right click on the desktop and uncheck "align icons". Then right click again and check "align icons".
    – WinEunuuchs2Unix
    Dec 7 at 15:51










  • LOL are you kidding me? :D
    – jedi
    Dec 7 at 15:52






  • 2




    Star Wars rule number 1: Never kid a Jedi
    – WinEunuuchs2Unix
    Dec 7 at 15:54










  • This is probably one of the reasons why Gnome for now dropped legacy desktop icon support through the file manager: the code is old and does not scale well in some situations with modern hardware and multiple monitors.
    – vanadium
    Dec 7 at 15:57
















My work around is to right click on the desktop and uncheck "align icons". Then right click again and check "align icons".
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Dec 7 at 15:51




My work around is to right click on the desktop and uncheck "align icons". Then right click again and check "align icons".
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Dec 7 at 15:51












LOL are you kidding me? :D
– jedi
Dec 7 at 15:52




LOL are you kidding me? :D
– jedi
Dec 7 at 15:52




2




2




Star Wars rule number 1: Never kid a Jedi
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Dec 7 at 15:54




Star Wars rule number 1: Never kid a Jedi
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Dec 7 at 15:54












This is probably one of the reasons why Gnome for now dropped legacy desktop icon support through the file manager: the code is old and does not scale well in some situations with modern hardware and multiple monitors.
– vanadium
Dec 7 at 15:57




This is probably one of the reasons why Gnome for now dropped legacy desktop icon support through the file manager: the code is old and does not scale well in some situations with modern hardware and multiple monitors.
– vanadium
Dec 7 at 15:57















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