EDIT - The file is being saved to the desktop but is being placed in the region above DVI-I-1, i.e. the bit that is described by +0+261 offset. Temporary solution is just to align monitors along the top end. Is there a fix for this, is it a known issue or should it be made known to Ubuntu/Nvidia devs?
My desktop size is greater than my monitor size. Consequently, when I save a document the icon is not available onscreen, although the file is present via an 'ls' at the command line. I am running a dual monitor setup, see the output from 'xrandr -q' below. Ubuntu version 13.10, Graphics card, GeForce GTX 650 Ti/PCIe/SSE2, driver is nvidia's.
I have tried running
xrandr --output DVI-I-1 --mode 1600x1200
followed by
xrandr --output DVI-I-1 --mode 1680x1050
in an attempt to reset the screen size appropriately but this makes no difference.
I also include a dump of ~/.config/monitors.xml below which seems to my uneducated eye to be in order.
Can anyone suggest what I should try next to resolve this?
$ xrandr -q
Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 2760 x 1920, maximum 16384 x 16384
DVI-I-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DVI-I-1 connected primary 1680x1050+0+261 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 474mm x 297mm
1680x1050 60.0*+
1600x1200 60.0
1400x1050 60.0
1280x1024 75.0 60.0
1280x960 60.0
1152x864 75.0
1024x768 75.0 70.1 60.0
800x600 75.0 72.2 60.3 56.2
640x480 75.0 72.8 59.9
HDMI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DVI-D-0 connected 1080x1920+1680+0 left (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 477mm x 268mm
1920x1080 60.0*+
1680x1050 60.0
1440x900 75.0 59.9
1280x1024 75.0 60.0
1280x960 60.0
1152x864 75.0
1024x768 75.0 70.1 60.0
800x600 75.0 60.3 56.2
640x480 75.0 72.8 59.9
$ less ~/.config/monitors.xml
<monitors version="1">
<configuration>
<clone>no</clone>
<output name="DVI-I-0">
</output>
<output name="DVI-I-1">
<vendor>HSD</vendor>
<product>0x2469</product>
<serial>0x01010101</serial>
<width>1680</width>
<height>1050</height>
<rate>60</rate>
<x>0</x>
<y>261</y>
<rotation>normal</rotation>
<reflect_x>no</reflect_x>
<reflect_y>no</reflect_y>
<primary>yes</primary>
</output>
<output name="HDMI-0">
</output>
<output name="DVI-D-0">
<vendor>IVM</vendor>
<product>0x5620</product>
<serial>0x00001c82</serial>
<width>1920</width>
<height>1080</height>
<rate>60</rate>
<x>1680</x>
<y>0</y>
<rotation>left</rotation>
<reflect_x>no</reflect_x>
<reflect_y>no</reflect_y>
<primary>no</primary>
</output>
</configuration>
</monitors>
sudo nvidia-settings
can often be a better way to edit these settings.