From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Aug 29 8: 3:58 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 571A037B400; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 08:03:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from proxy.centtech.com (moat.centtech.com [206.196.95.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F040543E3B; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 08:03:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from sprint.centtech.com (sprint.centtech.com [10.177.173.31]) by proxy.centtech.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g7TF3oY11802; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 10:03:50 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from root@localhost) by sprint.centtech.com (8.11.6+Sun/8.11.6) id g7TF3nZ04747; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 10:03:49 -0500 (CDT) Received: from centtech.com (proton [10.177.173.77]) by sprint.centtech.com (8.11.6+Sun/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g7TF3ko04740; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 10:03:46 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <3D6E37D2.1050500@centtech.com> Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 10:03:46 -0500 From: Eric Anderson Reply-To: anderson@centtech.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i386; en-US; rv:0.9.4.1) Gecko/20020508 Netscape6/6.2.3 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Marc Fonvieille Cc: Tom Rhodes , freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/42081: [PATCH] XFree86 Config chapter in the Handbook incorrectly states location of XF86Config.new References: <200208271650.g7RGoIvX050882@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020829144751.GA43261@marduk.blackend.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS perl-11 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Marc Fonvieille wrote: > On Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 09:50:18AM -0700, Tom Rhodes wrote: > >>Synopsis: [PATCH] XFree86 Config chapter in the Handbook incorrectly states location of XF86Config.new >> >>State-Changed-From-To: open->closed >>State-Changed-By: trhodes >>State-Changed-When: Tue Aug 27 09:47:56 PDT 2002 >>State-Changed-Why: >>Its true that this is created in the 'root' directory. However, your patch >>didn't apply. Instead I used /root for the /root >>directory. It should now read: /root directory called in place of >>current working directory. However, it may take up to 24 hours for >>this change to appear on our website. Thanks for the submission! >> >> > Hi, > > In merging en_US version in fr_FR I had a doubt, so I tested it: > > > gothic:/home/marc% su -m > Password: > gothic:/home/marc# XFree86 -configure > > XFree86 Version 4.2.0 / X Window System > (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600) > Release Date: 18 January 2002 [snip] > (++) Using config file: "/home/marc/XF86Config.new" > > > XFree86 detected your mouse at device /dev/sysmouse. > Please check your config if the mouse is still not > operational, as by default XFree86 tries to autodetect > the protocol. > > Your XF86Config file is /home/marc/XF86Config.new > > To test the server, run 'XFree86 -xf86config /home/marc/XF86Config.new' > > > And of course when I use 'su' instead of 'su -m' I've got: > > > Your XF86Config file is /root/XF86Config.new > > To test the server, run 'XFree86 -xf86config /root/XF86Config.new' > > > So in fact the file will be placed in $HOME and not "always" in /root. > Maybe that should be corrected. You are absolutely right. I overlooked that when checking this. Good thinking! Do you want me to redo the patch, or do you want to just make the change and go for the commit? Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Systems Administrator Centaur Technology The moon may be smaller than Earth, but it's further away. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message