Package: xfce4-settings Version: 4.12.4-1 Severity: wishlist I have a new laptop with hybrid graphics where external monitors are connected via a thunderbolt 3 dock. I haven't managed to get the external monitors working yet, a Nvidia driver problem I believe.
However somehow the system does detect that there are monitors connected, and at regular intervals xfce4-display-settings pops up (uselessly, as only the laptop internal screen can be selected, but that's not xfce4-display-settings' fault). At one time I saw there were 30 xfce4-display-settings processes running! I used killall to get rid of them, but IMHO it's pointless to start a new process if there's another still running. So some sort of lock file would be very useful. Thanks, Paul -- System Information: Debian Release: 10.9 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-0.bpo.5-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US:en (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages xfce4-settings depends on: ii libc6 2.31-12 ii libcairo2 1.16.0-4+deb10u1 ii libdbus-1-3 1.12.20-0+deb10u1 ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.110-4 pn libexo-1-0 <none> ii libfontconfig1 2.13.1-2 ii libgarcon-1-0 0.6.2-1 ii libgarcon-common 0.6.2-1 ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.40.2-2 ii libglib2.0-0 2.66.8-1 ii libgtk2.0-0 2.24.32-3 ii libnotify4 0.7.7-4 ii libpango-1.0-0 1.46.2-3 ii libpangocairo-1.0-0 1.46.2-3 ii libupower-glib3 0.99.10-1 ii libx11-6 2:1.7.1-1 ii libxcursor1 1:1.1.15-2 ii libxfce4ui-1-0 4.12.1-3 ii libxfce4util7 4.16.0-1 ii libxfconf-0-2 4.12.1-1 ii libxi6 2:1.7.9-1 ii libxklavier16 5.4-4 ii libxrandr2 2:1.5.1-1 ii xfconf 4.12.1-1 Versions of packages xfce4-settings recommends: ii x11-utils 7.7+4 xfce4-settings suggests no packages. -- Configuration Files: /etc/xdg/autostart/xfsettingsd.desktop changed: [Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Name=Xfce Settings Daemon Name[be]=Дэман налад Xfce Name[be@tarask]=Сэрвіс наладаў Xfce Name[bg]=Демон за настройките на Xfce Name[ca]=Dimoni del gestor d'ajusts de Xfce Name[cs]=Démon nastavení prostředí Xfce Name[da]=Xfce-indstillingsdæmon Name[de]=Xfce-Einstellungsdienst Name[en_CA]=Xfce Settings Daemon Name[es]=Servicio de configuración de Xfce Name[et]=Xfce seadete taustaprotsess Name[eu]=Xfce ezarpen deabrua Name[fi]=Xfce:n asetustaustaprosessi Name[fr]=Service des paramètres Xfce Name[gl]=Servizo de configuración do Xfce Name[he]=שדון ההגדרות של Xfce Name[hr]=Xfce nadglednik postavki Name[hu]=Xfce beállításkezelő démon Name[id]=Jurik Pengaturan Xfce Name[ie]=Daemon de parametres de Xfce Name[it]=Demone delle impostazioni di Xfce Name[ja]=Xfce 設定デーモン Name[kk]=Xfce баптаулар қызметі Name[ko]=Xfce 설정 데몬 Name[lt]=Xfce nustatymų tarnyba Name[ms]=Daemon Tetapan Xfce Name[nb]=Bakgrunnsprosess for Xfce-innstillinger Name[nl]=Achtergronddienst voor Xfce-instellingen Name[pl]=Demon ustawień Xfce Name[pt]=Serviço de definições do Xfce Name[pt_BR]=Daemon de configurações do Xfce Name[ru]=Служба диспетчера настроек Xfce Name[sl]=Pritajene Xfce nastavitve Name[sq]=Demoni Xfce i Rregullimeve Name[sr]=Домар поставки ИксФЦЕ-а Name[sv]=Konfigurationsdemon för Xfce Name[tr]=Xfce Ayarlar Süreci Name[zh_CN]=Xfce 设置守护进程 Name[zh_TW]=Xfce 設定幕後程式 Comment=The Xfce Settings Daemon Comment[am]=የ Xfce ማሰናጃ እረዳት Comment[ar]=بريمج إعدادات إكسفس Comment[ast]=El degorriu d'axustes Xfce Comment[be]=Дэман налад Xfce Comment[be@tarask]=Сэрвіс наладаў Xfce Comment[bg]=Управлението на настройките на Xfce Comment[ca]=El dimoni del gestor d'ajusts de Xfce Comment[cs]=Démon nastavení prostředí Xfce Comment[da]=Xfce-indstillingsdæmonen Comment[de]=Der Xfce-Einstellungsdienst Comment[el]=Διαχειριστής Ρυθμίσεων Xfce Comment[en_AU]=The Xfce Settings Daemon Comment[en_CA]=The Xfce Settings Daemon Comment[en_GB]=The Xfce Settings Daemon Comment[es]=El servicio de configuración de Xfce Comment[et]=Xfce seadete taustaprotsess Comment[eu]=Xfce ezarpen deabrua Comment[fi]=Xfce:n asetustaustaprosessi Comment[fr]=Le démon des paramètres Xfce Comment[gl]=O daemon de configuración de Xfce Comment[he]=תהליך רקע הגדרות של Xfce Comment[hr]=Xfce nadglednik postavki Comment[hu]=Az Xfce beállításkezelő démon Comment[hy_AM]=Xfce֊ի կարգաւորումների աւժանդակ ծրագիր Comment[hye]=Xfce֊ի կարգաւորումների աւժանդակ ծրագիր Comment[id]=Jurik Pengaturan Xfce Comment[ie]=Dæmon de parametres de Xfce Comment[is]=XFCE Stillingamiðlarinn Comment[it]=Demone delle impostazioni di Xfce Comment[ja]=Xfce 設定デーモン Comment[kk]=Xfce баптаулар қызметі Comment[ko]=Xfce 설정 데몬 Comment[lt]=Xfce nustatymų tarnyba Comment[lv]=Xfce iestatījumu dēmons Comment[ms]=Daemon Tetapan Xfce Comment[nb]=Bakgrunnsprosess for Xfce-innstillinger Comment[nl]=De achtergronddienst voor Xfce-Instellingen Comment[nn]=Xfce-innstillingsnissen Comment[oc]=Los paramètres del demòni Xfce Comment[pl]=Demon ustawień Xfce Comment[pt]=Serviço de definições do Xfce Comment[pt_BR]=O daemon de configurações do Xfce Comment[ro]=Demonul opțiunilor Xfce Comment[ru]=Служба диспетчера настроек Xfce Comment[sk]=Démon nastavenia Xfce Comment[sl]=Strežnik za Xfce nastavitve Comment[sq]=Demoni i Rregullimeve Xfce Comment[sr]=Домар поставки Иксфце-а Comment[sv]=Inställningshanteraren för Xfce Comment[te]=Xfce అమరికల డెమోన్ Comment[th]=ดีมอนค่าตั้งของ Xfce Comment[tr]=Xfce Ayarlar Süreci Comment[ug]=تەڭشەك مۇئەككىلى Comment[uk]=Демон параметрів Xfce Comment[zh_CN]=Xfce 设置守护进程 Comment[zh_HK]=Xfce 4 設定幕後程式 Comment[zh_TW]=Xfce 4 設定幕後程式 Exec=xfsettingsd Icon=org.xfce.settings.manager Terminal=false Type=Application StartupNotify=false OnlyShowIn=XFCE; /etc/xdg/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xsettings.xml changed: <!-- Default values for the X settings registry as described in http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/XSettingsRegistry --> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <channel name="xsettings" version="1.0"> <property name="Net" type="empty"> <property name="ThemeName" type="string" value="Xfce"/> <property name="IconThemeName" type="string" value="Tango"/> <property name="DoubleClickTime" type="int" value="400"/> <property name="DoubleClickDistance" type="int" value="5"/> <property name="DndDragThreshold" type="int" value="8"/> <property name="CursorBlink" type="bool" value="true"/> <property name="CursorBlinkTime" type="int" value="1200"/> <property name="SoundThemeName" type="string" value="default"/> <property name="EnableEventSounds" type="bool" value="false"/> <property name="EnableInputFeedbackSounds" type="bool" value="false"/> </property> <property name="Xft" type="empty"> <property name="DPI" type="empty"/> <property name="Antialias" type="int" value="-1"/> <property name="Hinting" type="int" value="-1"/> <property name="HintStyle" type="string" value="hintnone"/> <property name="RGBA" type="string" value="none"/> <!-- <property name="Lcdfilter" type="string" value="none"/> --> </property> <property name="Gtk" type="empty"> <property name="CanChangeAccels" type="bool" value="false"/> <property name="ColorPalette" type="string" value="black:white:gray50:red:purple:blue:light blue:green:yellow:orange:lavender:brown:goldenrod4:dodger blue:pink:light green:gray10:gray30:gray75:gray90"/> <property name="FontName" type="string" value="Sans 10"/> <property name="MonospaceFontName" type="string" value="Monospace 10"/> <property name="IconSizes" type="string" value=""/> <property name="KeyThemeName" type="string" value=""/> <property name="ToolbarStyle" type="string" value="icons"/> <property name="ToolbarIconSize" type="int" value="3"/> <!-- <property name="IMPreeditStyle" type="string" value=""/> --> <!-- <property name="IMStatusStyle" type="string" value=""/> --> <!-- <property name="IMModule" type="string" value=""/> --> <property name="MenuImages" type="bool" value="true"/> <property name="ButtonImages" type="bool" value="true"/> <property name="MenuBarAccel" type="string" value="F10"/> <property name="CursorThemeName" type="string" value=""/> <property name="CursorThemeSize" type="int" value="0"/> <property name="DecorationLayout" type="string" value="menu:minimize,maximize,close"/> <property name="DialogsUseHeader" type="bool" value="true"/> <property name="TitlebarMiddleClick" type="string" value="lower"/> </property> <property name="Gdk" type="empty"> <property name="WindowScalingFactor" type="int" value="1"/> </property> </channel> -- no debconf information