Display settings keep reverting to mirrored displays (XFCE 4.20.3)
xfce-display-settings set my display layout with "Mirror displays" turned on and won't let me turn it off. It just reverts back to being on when I hit "Apply". I used to have them extended before updating my system.
I've tried deleting my ~/.config/xfce and ~/.cache/xfce which temporarily set it to extended (though in the wrong order) until trying to change my display settings again, where it set back to mirrored.
$ xfce4-display-settings --version
xfce4-display-settings 4.20.3 (Xfce 4.20)
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Please report bugs to <https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-settings>.
$ XFSETTINGSD_DEBUG=1 xfsettingsd --replace
xfce4-settings(xsettings): _XSETTINGS_S0 registered on screen 0
xfce4-settings(xsettings): 30 settings changed (serial=0, len=1180)
xfce4-settings(xsettings): resource manager (xft) changed (len=122)
xfce4-settings(pointers): initialized xi 2.4
xfce4-settings(keyboards): initialized xkb 1.0
xfce4-settings(keyboards): set auto repeat on
xfce4-settings(keyboards): set key repeat (delay=500, rate=50)
xfce4-settings(keyboards): set numlock off
xfce4-settings(accessibility): AccessXKeys disabled
xfce4-settings(accessibility): stickykeys disabled
xfce4-settings(accessibility): slowkeys disabled
xfce4-settings(accessibility): bouncekeys disabled
xfce4-settings(accessibility): mousekeys disabled
xfce4-settings(keyboard-shortcuts): 21 shortcuts loaded
xfce4-settings(displays): Detected CRTC 78.
xfce4-settings(displays): Detected CRTC 79.
xfce4-settings(displays): Detected CRTC 80.
xfce4-settings(displays): Detected CRTC 81.
xfce4-settings(displays): Detected CRTC 82.
xfce4-settings(displays): Detected CRTC 148.
xfce4-settings(displays): Detected CRTC 149.
xfce4-settings(displays): Detected CRTC 150.
xfce4-settings(displays): Detected CRTC 151.
xfce4-settings(displays): Detected output 84 DisplayPort-1.
xfce4-settings(displays): Detected output 85 DisplayPort-2.
xfce4-settings(displays): Applying the only matching display profile: Default
xfce4-settings(displays): CRTC 78 assigned to DisplayPort-1.
xfce4-settings(displays): CRTC 78, output list[0] -> 84.
xfce4-settings(displays): Output names don't match: 'DisplayPort-2' (system) loaded as 'DisplayPort-1' (xfconf), EDID '402f4dc3c9e307a2ca150a8bb82774fa76f62741'
xfce4-settings(displays): CRTC 79 assigned to DisplayPort-2.
xfce4-settings(displays): CRTC 79, output list[0] -> 85.
xfce4-settings(displays): Total 2 active output(s).
xfce4-settings(displays): Normalized CRTC 78: size=1920x1080, pos=0x0.
xfce4-settings(displays): Normalized CRTC 79: size=1920x1080, pos=0x0.
xfce4-settings(displays): min_h = 200, min_w = 320, max_h = 16384, max_w = 16384, prev_h = 1080, prev_w = 1920, prev_hmm = 286, prev_wmm = 509, h = 1080, w = 1920, hmm = 286, wmm = 509.
xfce4-settings(displays): Configuring CRTC 78.
xfce4-settings(displays): Configuring CRTC 79.
xfce4-settings(displays): Configuring CRTC 80.
xfce4-settings(displays): Configuring CRTC 81.
xfce4-settings(displays): Configuring CRTC 82.
xfce4-settings(displays): Configuring CRTC 148.
xfce4-settings(displays): Configuring CRTC 149.
xfce4-settings(displays): Configuring CRTC 150.
xfce4-settings(displays): Configuring CRTC 151.
xfce4-settings(fontconfig): monitoring 65 paths
xfce4-settings(workspaces): 4 desktop names set from xfconf
$ xfconf-query -c displays -lv
/ActiveProfile Default
/AutoEnableProfiles 3
/Default/DisplayPort-1 XEC 22"
/Default/DisplayPort-1/Active true
/Default/DisplayPort-1/EDID 402f4dc3c9e307a2ca150a8bb82774fa76f62741
/Default/DisplayPort-1/ModeFlags 5
/Default/DisplayPort-1/Position/X 0
/Default/DisplayPort-1/Position/Y 0
/Default/DisplayPort-1/Primary false
/Default/DisplayPort-1/Reflection 0
/Default/DisplayPort-1/RefreshRate 60.000000
/Default/DisplayPort-1/Resolution 1920x1080
/Default/DisplayPort-1/Rotation 0
/Default/DisplayPort-1/Scale 1.000000
/Default/DisplayPort-2 XEC 22"
/Default/DisplayPort-2/Active true
/Default/DisplayPort-2/EDID 402f4dc3c9e307a2ca150a8bb82774fa76f62741
/Default/DisplayPort-2/ModeFlags 5
/Default/DisplayPort-2/Position/X 0
/Default/DisplayPort-2/Position/Y 1080
/Default/DisplayPort-2/Primary false
/Default/DisplayPort-2/Reflection 0
/Default/DisplayPort-2/RefreshRate 60.000000
/Default/DisplayPort-2/Resolution 1920x1080
/Default/DisplayPort-2/Rotation 0
/Default/DisplayPort-2/Scale 1.000000
/IdentityPopups true
/Notify 1