Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2018 19:42:37 +0100 From: Per olof Ljungmark <peo@nethead.se> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xfce4 reverts to mirrored dislays Message-ID: <a7258db0-80c2-5d91-d41c-b34e2235ad57@nethead.se> In-Reply-To: <20180120190647.01b163d0@archlinux.localdomain> References: <c89fe0ea-d072-2a4b-ad02-74041e3bd181@nethead.se> <20180120125636.6ad88128.freebsd@edvax.de> <20180120134001.65ddb697@archlinux.localdomain> <20180120141518.7a85ed99@planb.netng.org> <2c24a50e-c7d1-0841-bee6-9f015d48a927@nethead.se> <20180120170942.532834dd.freebsd@edvax.de> <c38bac7e-7fd2-254a-814c-5ea9d6d6e1d2@nethead.se> <20180120190647.01b163d0@archlinux.localdomain>
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On 01/20/18 19:06, Ralf Mardorf via freebsd-questions wrote: > On Sat, 20 Jan 2018 18:19:20 +0100, Per olof Ljungmark wrote: >> I did, but believe it not, the display still comes up mirrered and when >> I change it back to "Right-of" the file changes ownership to 644 and my >> username. > > Are you sure the file already was immutable? Indeed, a tmp file could be > more important than the real config, but actually it's impossible > to change permissions of an immutable file. > >> Sigh. >> >> I think I'll open the bug upstream instead. > > Don't waste your time with desktop environments! Migrate to a WM that > comes close to your needs and then spend some time to build your > personal DE. There's no need for programming skills, you only need to > know what you need, to google and to chose the window manager you need > + a few scripts to optimize it regarding your needs. -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel uarch 1412 Jan 20 18:17 displays.xml I am perfectly happy with xfce in all other aspects and I do not want to change. In fact, I use xfce together with a lot of utilities from KDE and I really like the environment, it is very productive for me. I rather live with this anomaly than change wm. Thanks, //per
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