Ubuntu
xorg package

Wrong man link in /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Bug #52032 reported by Steve Parker
2
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
xorg (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Ubuntu-X

Bug Description

Binary package hint: x11-common

The /etc/X11/xorg.conf as created by dexconf has this text in the header:

# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)

This is incorrect - the config file itself is passed to "man" which attempts to display xorg.conf.

The correct syntax should be displayed:

man 5x xorg.conf

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/lucid/xorg
Revision history for this message
Onkar Shinde (onkarshinde) wrote :

Even 'man xorg.conf' is sufficient.

Changed in xorg:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
Daniel Holbach (dholbach)
Changed in xorg:
assignee: desktop-bugs → ubuntu-x-swat
Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)
Changed in xorg:
importance: Undecided → Low
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Steve Parker (ubuntu-steve-parker) wrote :

Indeed.

We have both spent more keystrokes in defining the problem, than would be involved in rectifying the same.

Replace "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" with "man xorg.conf" and close this down.

Better still, for clarity, it may be worth (aka "there may be no harm in") including the " 5x ", as originally suggested.

Revision history for this message
Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton) wrote :

in dexconf:
.
.
# Edit this file with caution, and see the $REALCONFIG manual page.
# (Type "man $REALCONFIG" at the shell prompt.)
.
.

so it's a variable that is replaced by a value. Easy to fix, yes.

Revision history for this message
Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton) wrote :

I've made a new package which fixes this. Waiting for approval.

Changed in xorg:
status: Confirmed → In Progress
Revision history for this message
Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton) wrote :

this is fixed in Feisty.

Changed in xorg:
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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