Attachment 74452 Details for Bug 20742 – man_device_not_mandatory.patch

[patch] man_device_not_mandatory.patch

man_device_not_mandatory.patch (text/plain), 1.28 KB, created by Bryce Harrington on 2013-02-08 21:31:45 UTC

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>commit 609d5b44974e73a994871a14a7f370190633c950
>Author: Bryce Harrington <bryce@canonical.com>
>Date:   Fri Feb 8 12:34:48 2013 -0800
>
>    xfree86:  Man page shouldn't say Device is mandatory anymore
>    
>    man xorg.conf states that the 'Device' identifier is required in the
>    'Screen' section, yet current xserver defaults properly and boots up
>    fine without it.
>    
>    Fixes: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20742
>    Signed-off-by: Bryce Harrington <bryce@canonical.com>
>
>diff --git a/hw/xfree86/man/xorg.conf.man b/hw/xfree86/man/xorg.conf.man
>index 5d92bbe..9361ce9 100644
>--- a/hw/xfree86/man/xorg.conf.man
>+++ b/hw/xfree86/man/xorg.conf.man
>@@ -1821,9 +1821,7 @@ sections have the following format:
> .PP
> The
> .B Identifier
>-and
>-.B Device
>-entries are mandatory.
>+entry is mandatory.
> All others are optional.
> .PP
> The
>@@ -1841,11 +1839,10 @@ The entries available
> for this section are:
> .TP 7
> .BI "Device  \*q" device\-id \*q
>-This mandatory entry specifies the
>+This entry specifies the
> .B Device
>-section to be used for this screen.
>-This is what ties a specific graphics card to a screen.
>-The
>+section to be used for this screen.  When multiple graphics cards are
>+present, this is what ties a specific card to a screen.  The
> .I device\-id
> must match the
> .B Identifier

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