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So, I have read several questions - with and without answers - and though this is similar to others, I have found nothing particular to the issues I am experiencing. It is a three-part problem and I think they're all related erego why they are being posed as a single question.

1. My desktop icons are all on my secondary display and I can't move them back.


2. I can no longer maximize windows on my primary display by dragging them to the top of the screen, this results in them being dragged to a desktop with no display that shouldn't be an accessible area anyway.


3. After hours of searching for solutions, I was finally able to write a script that will create and assign the proper resolution and position to my secondary display, and leave it alone if it isn't connected. The catch there is that I have to log in first, so prior to login I am stuck with a sideways login screen that is, oddly enough, on my secondary display.

I am using an older VAIO laptop with a VGA output (hence the need to create the proper resolution for my external monitor) and running Ubuntu MATE 16.04.

Here's a screen shot:

And here's my script: feel free to do whatever you want with it. It may be of use to people with display configuration issues.

#!/bin/bash

xrandr --auto

cvt 1920 1080

xrandr --newmode "1920x1080_60.00"  173.00  1920 2048 2248 2576  1080 1083 1088 1120 -hsync +vsync

xrandr --addmode VGA1 1920x1080_60.00

xrandr --output VGA1 --mode 1920x1080_60.00

xrandr --output VGA1 --rotate right

xrandr --output LVDS1 --pos 0x1281 --output VGA1 --pos 1281x0

xrandr --auto

I fixed this in in Display settings (System Settings --> Display). The three monitors I use are different sizes, but after dragging the monitors so that they were aligned along the bottom axis, my icons returned my primary monitor on the left

Like this

I am running Gnome and have a dual monitor setup. If I hit Alt+Space a menu pops up on my primary display and "Move to Monitor Right" or "Move to Monitor Left" is highlighted. Click that selection and the icons move to the other screen.

On Ubuntu 16.04, I solved this problem by duplicating desktop icons in the desktop folder: link1, link2,... and link1(copy), link2(copy), for instance. Then I place the duplicate icons as I wish in the two desktops with respect to the two monitors. Everything is fine even if I do monitor manipulations or reboot, etc...

In your case, if you have three monitors, you need three links for the same thing in the desktop folder.

solved, right click on task-bar, under taskbar tab (box that opens) under 'multiple displays' panel, tick 'Show taskbar on all displays' -> in drop down box below box you just ticked is called ' Show task bar buttons on:' select 'All taskbars'. click apply,

problem solved.

😭 The Issue

Icons stay in the top blank black spot of the smaller display (usually laptop)

✅ Ugly Fix

File Manager > Desktop > Drag icons to the smaller display & they will relocate

• Pros: Very quick


• Cons: Repeat every time a new icon is added