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FlachyJoe

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Registered: 2025-09-12

Posts: 1

[Solved] Dual monitor: when the right is stopped icons are rearranged

Hi,

I'm using two monitors but only activate the right one when I need it with:

xrandr --output HDMI-0 --auto --primary --output VGA-0 --auto --left-of HDMI-0

Desktop icons are always on the primary left, it's ok.

When I stop the second monitor with:

xrandr --output HDMI-0 --auto --primary  --output VGA-0 --off

The icons are rearranged to the right of the left monitor, it's very annoying.

Could you please help me?

Added later 35 min 54 s:
Found ! It's only needed to ask and then you find the solution 

My script to stop VGA is now

#!/bin/bash

# save desktop icons placement
cp ~/.config/xfce4/desktop/icons.screen0.yaml ~/.config/xfce4/desktop/icons.screen0.yaml.save
# stop VGA
xrandr  --output VGA-0 --off  --output HDMI-0 --auto --primary
# restore icons placement
cp ~/.config/xfce4/desktop/icons.screen0.yaml ~/.config/xfce4/desktop/icons.screen0.yaml.save
# restart xfdesktop
pgrep xfdesktop && (xfdesktop -Q; xfdesktop &) || xfdesktop &

Thank to https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=18016

Last edited by FlachyJoe (2025-09-12 16:31:05)

ToZ

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From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 12,190

Re: [Solved] Dual monitor: when the right is stopped icons are rearranged

Welcome to the forum.

Found ! It's only needed to ask and then you find the solution

I find the same happens to me.

Thanks for posting back your solution.

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