GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 695336
Can't move desktop icons to other screen in multi-monitor setup
Last modified: 2013-03-25 11:37:59 UTC
Created attachment 238265 [details] Dependencies i) Steps to reproduce i.a) Attach mutliple monitors to system i.b) Try to drag and move a desktop icon to another screen ii) Expected result It should be possible to place icons at any desired location. iii) Actual result: The icon stays on its screen. However it is moved to the far left or right of the first screen, depending on whether the second screen was attached left or right to the first one. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: nautilus 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.7.0-6.14-generic 3.7.0 Uname: Linux 3.7.0-6-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.7-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Dec 15 15:06:31 2012 GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'geometry' b"'1326x768+2644+157'" InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-09-27 (78 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64+mac (20120905.2) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2012-11-24 (21 days ago)
That behavior was introduced by the fix for bug 420624. Unfortunately it proved to be more problematic than the original reported bug, so I reverted that commit for 3.8 for now.
*** Bug 688327 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***