From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Jan 20 16:11:15 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E475EEB67D3 for ; Sat, 20 Jan 2018 16:11:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com) Received: from sonic303-20.consmr.mail.ir2.yahoo.com (sonic303-20.consmr.mail.ir2.yahoo.com [77.238.178.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 82A0C7FD98 for ; Sat, 20 Jan 2018 16:11:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com) X-YMail-OSG: miyjkwwVM1muzjmuUJQWgVwaNlmszIHSTWaAIhaYFtrtYJeE7TdaHHf0p6FYuzQ .jbBno5oe5Ds6PTo02afyYiei34zllbZlu084CpNj7H7hk8ubI_PygkYqcZJq.KFlMmaP7vGxc.Z oBSXf3R_3btkSwPg.qwRS4WQLC6xd0gGjS890ce8tPTTpEctQWL16JRAUZyTKqtM7doCOqovCfGJ 7GziUddkM3kvOEsNF1l8i.D9dkkYLEyPNrmRl.cZR1J8pFTHjlEC1VuUN8AyV73dHh19zSfzcwGg v_TfESzy0Z1OdTxIUu0ysWcJb08x.RnkxwYp43OxUA78NnkkAIrV35o91d2O8COhmp..ObqsZGF1 mr6YO7OJqK9SoboVduJ_Lq0cGsT5qA86.Si7BWi_42MdHPSd5nLPhAqrJ._qHdhHdOmhckj0e4gM Hcgs7uGruuun16acrHnpGUnVbTcd3UugQk_jUu2GVFuvW_oRLAF3nNSnLf30.idWpCrfDGHCpy0A ERlyJaEjXomvIz1OqlHQBxHTBqiC9Z6lDMTT7b1jdxjbGVt5hGA-- Received: from sonic.gate.mail.ne1.yahoo.com by sonic303.consmr.mail.ir2.yahoo.com with HTTP; Sat, 20 Jan 2018 16:11:11 +0000 Received: from smtp166.mail.ir2.yahoo.com (EHLO archlinux.localdomain) ([46.228.39.33]) by smtp404.mail.ir2.yahoo.com (JAMES SMTP Server ) with ESMTPA ID c11d2dc99b2a02db01a5fb3b0552c180 for ; Sat, 20 Jan 2018 16:11:10 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2018 17:11:10 +0100 From: Ralf Mardorf To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xfce4 reverts to mirrored dislays Message-ID: <20180120171110.54ae6331@archlinux.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <2c24a50e-c7d1-0841-bee6-9f015d48a927@nethead.se> References: <20180120125636.6ad88128.freebsd@edvax.de> <20180120134001.65ddb697@archlinux.localdomain> <20180120141518.7a85ed99@planb.netng.org> <2c24a50e-c7d1-0841-bee6-9f015d48a927@nethead.se> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.16.0git3 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-arch-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2018 16:11:16 -0000 On Sat, 20 Jan 2018 16:46:16 +0100, Per olof Ljungmark wrote: >Not sure what script could help me with this? I migrated from the desktop environment Xfce, using the window manager xfwm, to the window manager openbox, without a desktop environment at all. Regarding this migration IIRC I fortunately was jobless and could customize my chosen WM the way I need it, without any issue. Now that I'm luckily working more or less full-time again, I don't know, if migrating to a 200 ;) % customized window manager environment is worth the effort, or even possible at all ;). Actually regarding dual-head usage, a dirty (IOW not really good) script helped me a lot. IIRC I already wasn't jobless when I wrote my dirty xrandr script, but fortunately I migrated from a DE to a WM when I was jobless. IMO "time" is very important. IOW I don't know if you could work around the issue you experience by using a script. If you should have the time to test it, then simply try it. If not, consider to get in contact with upstream of your chosen desktop environment. Actually I decided against helping to improve Xfce, but migrated to openbox without an desktop environment.