On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 20:22:37 -0700, Tim Gershon wrote: > Julien Cristau wrote: >> On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 19:39:00 -0700, Tim Gershon wrote: >>> Hi Julien, >>> >>> Julien Cristau wrote: >>> >>>> None of these files are used at runtime, so there is no way in hell an >>>> xtrans upgrade is going to screw your system. Please run >>>> /usr/share/bug/xserver-xorg-core/script 3>&1 >>>> and send the output to this bug. >>> It gives no output. >> It should print out your xorg.conf and Xorg log, among other things. > > Here is the o/p w/o 3>&1 > > gershon ~ 14% /usr/share/bug/xserver-xorg-core/script > /usr/share/bug/xserver-xorg-core/script: line 16: 3: Bad file descriptor > /usr/share/bug/xserver-xorg-core/script: line 17: 3: Bad file descriptor > /usr/share/bug/xserver-xorg-core/script: line 22: 3: Bad file descriptor [snip]
Well there's a reason I told you to use 3>&1 :) This script writes its output to file descriptor 3, so without the redirection it's writing to a closed fd. Cheers, Julien -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
