MATE in OpenBSD does have a display utility. Via the command line,
it's called mate-display-properties. Launching from the MATE menu,
it's in System --> Preferences --> Hardware --> Displays.

You might have been missing some of the MATE packages.

On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 11:48 AM Dan <d...@nnnne-o-o-o.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> In these days  searching to fix security details on my station, eg. reducing 
> the exposure to GUI programs,
> etc. I tried to port my dev environment from Xfce to Mate and here some of my 
> thoughts:
>
> 1) Mate is much lighter, eg tcl/tk software go up like a twist;
> 2) by multi screens the porting is a true adventure cause Mate doesn't come 
> with a
> "Display utility", all the screen configuration happens by xrandr;
> 3) the software that accompaign Mate is few or doesnt run, eg the power 
> management
> utility doesnt function or I can't set my custom 5 Mode background (the 
> background utility
> doesnt pop up);
> 4) the context menu by right clicking anywhere on the desktop has no 
> application menu
> apparently.. this the latest problem..
>
> I passed a full night with Mate (..) but for now I was happy to come
> back to my steps and restore Xfce, although performances seem very
> interesting.
> -Dan
>

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