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Screen Lock reorders windows to hardware primary display in dual screen on returning
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Description
I have a FHD and a 4K Monitor connected to an NVIDA-proprietary driven card.
FHD ist connected with DVI and 4K is connected with Display Port.
From the BIOS point of view, the FHD Display is the primary display, but I set the 4K display within Cinnamon 3 and within NVDIA settings as the primary display.
In both Mint 18 and Manjaro-Cinnamon, after the screen saver / lock has been activated and then I return to my session by re-entering the password, open windows are moved from the 4K ("virtual primary") desktop to the FHD ("virtual secondary") desktop.
I expected to find all windows at their original place - as is the case with long-used Mint 17.3.
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Research direction
Reproduce the dual-monitor setup described in the issue, then trace the screen-lock return path and window placement behavior. No files or tests are named in the payload; done means windows remain on their original displays after unlocking, including with the 4K display configured as primary.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100