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Bug#362688: marked as done (xresprobe: Useless question asking to specify a driver?)

Your message dated Fri, 02 Feb 2007 00:09:27 +0100
with message-id <45C27327.2070405@ens-lyon.org>
and subject line Bug#362688: xresprobe: Useless question asking to specify a driver?
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Package: xresprobe
Version: 0.4.18-1
Severity: normal


Hi!

I just needed to configure an unknown monitor and tried to use your tool
"xresprobe".  Since it missed any manpage or any other documentation, I
just called it and got asked to specify a driver.  Didn't knowing how to
do this, I called it with the --help parameter.  Just to see, that it
worked like expected in the first place:

=====
vinyamar:~# xresprobe
Driver must be specified.
vinyamar:~# xresprobe --help
id: COLOR LCD
res: 1024x768
freq:
disptype: lcd/lvds
=====

Actually, it seems to me, that it doestn't really matter what paramter
to add on the cmommandline, as long as something is adder after it:

=====
vinyamar:~# xresprobe foo
id: COLOR LCD
res: 1024x768
freq:
disptype: lcd/lvds
vinyamar:~# xresprobe this-parameter-doesnt-exist
id: COLOR LCD
res: 1024x768
freq:
disptype: lcd/lvds
vinyamar:~# xresprobe whatsthatdrivermustbespeciedstuff
id: COLOR LCD
res: 1024x768
freq:
disptype: lcd/lvds
vinyamar:~#
=====

Uhm... interessting.  Why does it ask me to supply a driver if it's
nowhere documented how to do so?  And Why does it it do so for the first
place, if it works without?


Yours sincerely,
  Alexander

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-powerpc
Locale: LANG=de_DE@euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15) (ignored: LC_ALL set to de_DE@euro)

Versions of packages xresprobe depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.3.6-3    GNU C Library: Shared libraries an

Versions of packages xresprobe recommends:
ii  laptop-detect                 0.12.1     attempt to detect a laptop

-- no debconf information

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--- Begin Message --- 
Seems fixed now, it still asks for a driver when no parameter is given,
but --help shows useful help and it seems to reflect the actual behavior.

Brice

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