I'm having problems with this bug also. I experienced this problem on a Thinkpad T400 as well as a Thinkpad T430, both with i915 driver and Unity 3D interface.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/881880 Title: Connecting/disconnecting external monitors changes colored background to black Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When I disconnect or connect an external monitor from my laptop, and have my background set to a solid color, the background color of my desktop changes to black. To reproduce: 1) Open appearance settings dialog 2) Change from "Wallpapers" to "Colors and Gradients" 3) Choose a color 4) Connect or disconnect an external monitor 5) Observe screen change to black background This does *not* happen with a picture as the background (i.e. when choosing an image from the "Wallpaper" or "Pictures" selections). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/881880/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
