Subject: xfdesktop4 package does not allow me to change desktop background

From: José Marinho <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2018 11:12:37 +0100 (CET)

Package: xfdesktop4

Version: 4.12.3-3

I have a recently devuan 2.0 ASCII installation on a two monitors computer and I can't change the backgrounds. By default, after installation I have on main screen the default wallpaper of Devuan from /usr/share/images/desktop-base and in secondary screen a image from /usr/share/backgrounds/xfce.

When I open the dialog that allows me to choose an image from a different directory, I can't choose a different directory from the original (they are grayed out) one so I only can choose a background from /usr/share/images/desktop-base for primary monitor or images from /usr/share/backgrounds/xfce for the secondary one.

If I try to set the wallpaper directly from the image (with Ristretto for example) it only affects to the primary monitor but I can't find a method for choose a different background for the secondary monitor except choose between the two on /usr/share/backgrounds/xfce

 apt policy xfdesktop4
xfdesktop4:
  Instalado: 4.12.3-3
  Candidato: 4.12.3-3
  Táboa de versións:
 *** 4.12.3-3 500

500 http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged ascii/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

uname -a
Linux jose-pc 4.9.0-8-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.130-2 (2018-10-27) x86_64 GNU/Linux

lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:    Devuan
Description:    Devuan GNU/Linux 2.0 (ascii)
Release:    2.0
Codename:    ascii

xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 3286 x 1080, maximum 8192 x 8192
VGA-1 connected 1366x768+1920+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 410mm x 230mm
   1366x768      59.79*+
   1280x720      60.00 
   1024x768      75.03    60.00 
   832x624       74.55 
   800x600       75.00    60.32    56.25 
   640x480       75.00    59.94 
   720x400       70.08 
HDMI-1 connected primary 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 480mm x 270mm
   1920x1080     60.00*+
   1680x1050     59.88 
   1400x1050     59.95 
   1600x900      60.00 
   1280x1024     75.02    60.02 
   1440x900      59.90 
   1280x800      59.91 
   1152x864      75.00 
   1280x720      60.00 
   1024x768      75.03    60.00 
   800x600       75.00    60.32 
   640x480       75.00    59.94 
   720x400       70.08 
DP-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI-2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI-3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

If further information about my system is needed I provide it

Goodbye

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From: Mark Hindley <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 17:56:51 +0000

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