Subject: Re: Xconfigurator and quotation/inches
From: Dan Burcaw (dburcaw@terraplex.com)
Date: Fri Mar 31 2000 - 13:16:07 MST
Kevin,
Excellent observation. I'll play around with this today and perhaps get an
updated Xconfigurator out the door..
> Hello,
>
> I have found a problem with using Xconfigurator for X server setup on
> Champion Server 1.2. Basically, any Monitor or Screen directive that uses
> " to delimit entries will cause X setup to fail. By this I mean I used
> Xconfigurator to setup X using an Apple 21" Color Monitor. This caused an
> entry to be created like:
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Apple Macintosh 21" Color Display"
> blah
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Apple Macintosh 21" Color Display"
> blah blah
>
> Naturally, the 21" part throws things off because its being interpreted as
> the end of the string.
>
> This is not a new thing either - I remember having the same problem with
> an install on the x86 side a year or so ago where I manually entered a
> monitor name as 21" something or other and X startup failed. NB: I'm not
> complaining that it doesn't recognize the 21" character - I just changed
> it to 21 and went merrily on my way. But by default, it was configured
> this way so it would be nice if Xconfigurator would have a few monitor
> definition changes where " is removed from the strings.
>
> --
> Kevin M. Myer
> Systems Administrator
> Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13
> (717)-560-6140
>
>
>
Regards,
Dan
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