Bug 35474

Summary: RFE: add --usefbdev to Xconfigurator.
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Ed McKenzie <eem12>
Component: XconfiguratorAssignee: Mike A. Harris <mharris>
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE QA Contact: David Lawrence <dkl>
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Version: 7.1Keywords: FutureFeature
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Xconfigurator patch to add --usefbdev and associated documentation. none

Description Ed McKenzie 2001-04-10 17:02:55 UTC 
Rationale: running XFree86 on fbdev, combined with enabling sysrq, 
improves system stability as compared to the default configuration 
(allowing XFree86 to handle all of the mode-switching itself.)  The 
attached patch doesn't change the default behavior, but makes it 
easier for power-users to be XFree86 beta-testers without having to 
constantly reach for the reset button.

The patch adds this switch and updates the man page and 
Xconfigurator's --help screen to document this change.
Comment 1 Ed McKenzie 2001-04-10 17:05:47 UTC 
Created attachment 15066 [details]
Xconfigurator patch to add --usefbdev and associated documentation.
Comment 2 Mike A. Harris 2001-08-01 01:48:36 UTC 
Thanks for the suggestion and the patch Ed.  I will look into the
possibility of including this in a future release and update you
on the status.

Thanks again,
TTYL
Comment 3 Mike A. Harris 2001-08-01 04:09:54 UTC 
*** Bug 33868 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Mike A. Harris 2001-08-07 09:22:01 UTC 
I just went to apply this patch and it is damaged.  It appears
to have been created in Windows perhaps.

Please make a new diff in Linux with diff -u src dest > foo
Comment 5 Mike A. Harris 2001-08-07 09:27:46 UTC 
Please make new patch against the latest rawhide version of Xconfigurator also
so it applies cleanly.  I tried to cut n paste it but that is a mess...
I'll just wait for the new diff.  TIA
Comment 6 Ed McKenzie 2001-08-08 12:53:04 UTC 
New patch sent offline