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- see https://xfce.org/about/news/?post=1565568000 for details & https://xfce.org/download/changelogs/4.14 for complete changelogs. - remove dependency on the now deprecated gtk-xfce-engine package, add dependency on x11/greybird instead (as that's more or less the default theme) - Remove dependency on orage, add dependency on xfce4-screensaver. - Add dependencies on xfce4-statusnotifier, catfish and gigolo for xfce-extras. - Improve README wrt shutdown/reboot support without consolekit/policykit and vblank method to stop screen flickering with modesetting. Drop the section about LC_CTYPE, the world moved on and OpenBSD supports UTF-8..
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$OpenBSD: README-main,v 1.14 2019/08/15 07:16:48 landry Exp $
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| Running ${PKGSTEM} on OpenBSD
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The Xfce desktop is composed of 2 meta-packages:
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* xfce, for a base Xfce installation
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* xfce-extras, for a full Xfce installation.
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Startup
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=======
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Xfce desktop environment is launched through the 'startxfce4' script.
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Simply add '${LOCALBASE}/bin/startxfce4' to your .xinitrc/.xsession
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script if you use startx, xenodm or slim.
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If you use gdm or kdm, have a look at
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https://wiki.xfce.org/faq#starting_xfce. An xfce4.desktop file is
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provided for use by gdm.
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Logging out and shutting down the computer
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==========================================
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If your installation supports complete shutdown, clicking on the logout
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button on panel will permit you to either logout, rebooting or halt
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the computer.
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If your user is part of the operator group (and thus can execute
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/sbin/shutdown), you should be able to shutdown/logout without further
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configuration.
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Otherwise, halting and rebooting require consolekit2 and polkit: you'll need to
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run a systemwide D-BUS service (enable messagebus using rcctl) and pass
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--with-ck-launch argument to startxfce4.
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If you run a systemwide D-BUS service, have consolekit2/polkit installed and
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don't use --with-ck-launch you will not be able to shutdown/reboot.
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Screen compositor
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=================
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If you're using the modesetting X driver and experience window flickering when
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the compositor is enabled, you should force the window manager to use the
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XPresent method for vblank:
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$xfwm4 --vblank=xpresent --replace &
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This is documented upstream at https://git.xfce.org/xfce/xfwm4/tree/COMPOSITOR#n114
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Power management
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================
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If you use Xfce on a laptop, you can install xfce4-power-manager
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package, which will provide battery levels/information, and will allow
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to configure actions upon low battery level or AC plugging. For proper
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function, it requires messagebus and upowerd running. If using consolekit2 and
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polkit, it will also allow you to suspend the laptop from the logout dialog.
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Screensaver management
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======================
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xflock4 can make use of xfce4-screensaver, xscreensaver or gnome-screensaver.
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If installed, a 'Screensaver' icon will appear in settings manager/menu.
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Otherwise, xflock4 defaults to call xlock.
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Thunar file manager tips
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If you want to browse samba shares using GVfs, you'll need to install
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gvfs-smb package. You can also try gigolo package, which is a GUI to
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configure GVfs mounts.
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Terminal, special characters and localized applications
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=======================================================
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If you use a particular non-ascii encoding and have problems seeing special
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characters in terminal (like accentued characters in french), you should
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properly configure the default encoding in terminal properties.
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Similarly, if you want localized graphical applications, add this line
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to your .xinitrc/.xsession before startxfce4:
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export LC_MESSAGES=fr
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where 'fr' is your language tag.
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See https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq8.html#locales for more information
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on that topic.
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More generally, https://wiki.xfce.org/faq and https://wiki.xfce.org/tips
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are the best resources for user-level documentation.
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