At least for ubuntu-gnome 17.04, the desktop can be recovered by forcing gnome to restart, and thus avoid a machine reboot or log out/in
The following appears to work, at least most of the times:
1. open the command prompt with Alt+F2 and type r
2. connect laptop with the docking station and press enter to force the gnome restart
At least for ubuntu-gnome 17.04, the desktop can be recovered by forcing gnome to restart, and thus avoid a machine reboot or log out/in
The following appears to work, at least most of the times:
1. open the command prompt with Alt+F2 and type r
2. connect laptop with the docking station and press enter to force the gnome restart