Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2018 18:19:20 +0100 From: Per olof Ljungmark <peo@nethead.se> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xfce4 reverts to mirrored dislays Message-ID: <c38bac7e-7fd2-254a-814c-5ea9d6d6e1d2@nethead.se> In-Reply-To: <20180120170942.532834dd.freebsd@edvax.de> 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>
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On 01/20/18 17:09, Polytropon wrote: > On Sat, 20 Jan 2018 16:46:16 +0100, Per olof Ljungmark wrote: >> When I start X all is dandy, likewise if I exit X and come back. >> *But*, if I leave my workplace with X running long enough for the >> monitors to power down, when they are powered up again the display is >> mirrored and ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/displays.xml is >> overwritten no matter how I try to make it read only. >> >> Not sure what script could help me with this? >> Is there a known way to lock this file? > > As root, chown the file to root:wheel, then make it r--/r--/r--, > and finally use chflags to apply the noschg flag. This should > make the file immutable to any write attempts. 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. Sigh. I think I'll open the bug upstream instead.
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