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Bug#275318: xserver-xfree86: A typo in an error message



retitle 275318 xserver-xfree86: [fbdev] error messages consistently use bogus word 'supprted'
tag 275318 + upstream
thanks

On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 01:48:24PM +0200, Jan Minar wrote:
> Package: xserver-xfree86
> Version: 4.1.0-16woody3

FYI, the woody version of XFree86 is only being updated for security fixes.

> Severity: minor
> 
> (EE) FBDev(0): EGA/VGA Planes are not supprted yet by drivers/fbdev
>                                          ^^
> $ grep supprted /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.o
> Binary file /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.o matches

Nevertheless, this problem still exists in XFree86 4.3.0.

In fact:

xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86$ grep -r 'supprted' *
drivers/fbdev/fbdev.c:               "Text mode is not supprted by drivers/fbdev.\n"
drivers/fbdev/fbdev.c:               "EGA/VGA Planes are not supprted yet by drivers/fbdev.");
drivers/fbdev/fbdev.c:          "Internal error: Text mode is not supprted by drivers/fbdev.\n"
drivers/fbdev/fbdev.c:          "Internal error: Text mode is not supprted by drivers/fbdev.\n"
drivers/fbdev/fbdev.c:          "Internal error: EGA/VGA Planes are not supprted"

It's quite consistently misspelled, and only in this one source file.

Bizarre.  Someone must have been on the pipe.

Thanks for your report.

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