On Fri, Feb 25, 2000 at 07:16:24PM +1100, Brian May wrote: > >>>>> "Branden" == Branden Robinson <branden@ecn.purdue.edu> writes: > > Branden> In a stressful time like freeze, it is really aggravating > Branden> to deal with the nonstop trickle of people who tell me > Branden> that because *THEIR* system is broken, I need to add a > Branden> DEPENDENCY on xfonts-base to all the X servers, or to > Branden> xserver-common. > > I might be on the wrong foot here... > > However, you already have a program that checks /etc/XF86Config for > errors before xdm starts (gdm doesn't use it, so I can't check). Minor point: it's /etc/X11/XF86Config for Debian, not /etc/XF86Config Major point: The program you refer is parse-xf86config, and it is going away in 3.3.6-4; no one has time to keep it up to date with the myriad bizarre options (some undocumented) that XF86Config uses. I've already removed it from my development tree for 3.3.6-4. Besides, the reason for its existence (to prevent xdm from starting and looping on a broken XF86Config) has been otherwise addressed for quite some time. xdm is now well behaved on a broken config file, or any other factor that keeps it from starting properly. -- G. Branden Robinson | Any man who does not realize that he is Debian GNU/Linux | half an animal is only half a man. branden@ecn.purdue.edu | -- Thornton Wilder roger.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ |
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