Bug 84189

Summary: display configuration program will not start due to syntax error
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Bernard Johnson <bjohnson>
Component: redhat-config-xfree86Assignee: Brent Fox <bfox>
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Version: 9CC: mharris
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Description Bernard Johnson 2003-02-13 08:59:31 UTC
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Description of problem:
Attempting to start the display configuration program by the menu results in the
program trying to start but terminating with no message.

Attempting to run 'redhat-config-xfree86' gives the following error message:
  File "/usr/share/redhat-config-xfree86/xconf.py", line 357
    current_card_driver = current_card.getCardData()["DRIVER"]
                      ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax


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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Attempt to run the display configuration program from the menu
2.  OR Attempt to run 'redhat-config-xfree86'
3.
    

Actual Results:  If run from the menu, program terminates with no feedback.  If
run from the command line, the included error message is printed to the terminal.

Expected Results:  The display configuration program should start.

Additional info:

rpm -q redhat-config-xfree86
redhat-config-xfree86-0.7.2-2

Comment 1 Bernard Johnson 2003-02-13 09:01:29 UTC
Created attachment 90043 [details]
fix for syntax error

Applying this patch to /usr/share/redhat-config-xfree86/xconf.py fixes the
problem

Comment 2 Mike A. Harris 2003-02-13 10:53:49 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 82710 ***

Comment 3 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-02-21 18:51:46 UTC
Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated.