1. The apps were originally opened on the external monitor and so they would remember their original preferred positions unless they had been moved manually.
---> Apps were opened on the primary monitor. 2. The external monitor is positioned to the left of the laptop screen and the window positions are being remembered in global coordinates. ---> It's positioned on top. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to mutter in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2127743 Title: Apps are moved to the external monitor when it's connected Status in mutter package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: When connecting and external monitor to the laptop, the opened apps windows are moved to the external monitor. It's optimus laptop, Inte + Nvidia. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 25.10 Package: mutter (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.17.0-5.5-generic 6.17.0-rc7 Uname: Linux 6.17.0-5-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs ApportVersion: 2.33.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: pass CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Mon Oct 13 03:57:32 2025 InstallationDate: Installed on 2025-05-18 (147 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 25.04 "Plucky Puffin" - Release amd64 (20250415.3) SourcePackage: mutter UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to questing on 2025-10-08 (5 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mutter/+bug/2127743/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
