Ubuntu – Put external monitor on the left

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On my laptop with 14.04, I want to use an external monitor. I want to put my external monitor on the left side but ubuntu seems to logically put it on the right side. I tried to organize the display placements, but when I drag built in monitor to the right all my desktop icons moves to the external monitor. How can I solve this issue.
Default display organization

muctadir@muctadir-laptop:~$ xrandr --prop 
Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 3286 x 1080, maximum 32767 x 32767
LVDS1 connected primary 1366x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 344mm x 193mm
    EDID: 
        00ffffffffffff0006afec4501000000
        01150103802213780a0bb59757548c26
        23505400000001010101010101010101
        010101010101121b566050001630080a
        310058c1100000180000000f00000000
        00000000000000000020000000fe0041
        554f0a202020202020202020000000fe
        004231353658573034205635200a0046
    BACKLIGHT: 976 
        range: (0, 976)
    Backlight: 976 
        range: (0, 976)
    scaling mode: Full aspect 
        supported: None, Full, Center, Full aspect
   1366x768       60.0*+
   1360x768       59.8     60.0  
   1024x768       60.0  
   800x600        60.3     56.2  
   640x480        59.9  
VGA1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI1 connected 1920x1080+1366+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 160mm x 90mm
    EDID: 
        00ffffffffffff004c2dcd053432524c
        12140103801009782a6041a6564a9c25
        125054230800a9408180814081009500
        b30001010101023a801871382d40582c
        4500a05a0000001e011d007251d01e20
        6e285500a05a0000001e000000fd0032
        3c1e5111000a202020202020000000fc
        0053796e634d61737465720a2020018f
        02031cf14890041f0514130312230907
        078301000066030c00100080011d80d0
        721c1620102c2580a05a0000009e011d
        8018711c1620582c2500a05a0000009e
        011d00bc52d01e20b8285540a05a0000
        001e8c0ad090204031200c405500a05a
        000000188c0ad08a20e02d10103e9600
        a05a0000001800000000000000000046
    Broadcast RGB: Automatic 
        supported: Automatic, Full, Limited 16:235
    audio: auto 
        supported: force-dvi, off, auto, on
   1920x1080      60.0*+   50.0     59.9  
   1920x1080i     60.1     50.0     60.0  
   1600x1200      60.0  
   1680x1050      59.9  
   1280x1024      60.0  
   1440x900       59.9  
   1280x960       60.0  
   1280x800       59.9  
   1280x720       60.0     50.0     59.9  
   1024x768       60.0  
   800x600        60.3     56.2  
   720x576        50.0  
   720x480        60.0     59.9  
   640x480        60.0     59.9  
DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
    Broadcast RGB: Automatic 
        supported: Automatic, Full, Limited 16:235
    audio: auto 
        supported: force-dvi, off, auto, on
VIRTUAL1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

Best Answer

The screen icons in the system settings can actually be dragged, so you can place the green Samsung on the left. Alternatively, you can use this command:

xrandr --output HDMI1 --mode 1024x768 --pos 0x0 --rotate normal \
       --output LVDS1 --mode 1366x768 --pos 1024x0 --rotate normal

I use this command (with different outputs of course) to position my screen, VGA to the left, internal monitor to the right, on graphical login.

Alternativelly, you can look into lxrandr program, which does exactly same job as Ubuntu's settings, but may be a little less confusing.

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