Re: Bug#864166: release-notes: proofreading sweep - issues.dbk

2017-06-05 Thread Justin B Rye
Julien Cristau wrote: > On 06/05/2017 09:30 PM, Justin B Rye wrote: >> So if I *do* have all the xserver-xorg-* packages installed (and >> logind and so on), it's expected that everything should work, even on >> an antique graphics card? For me, startx refuses to work

Re: Bug#864166: release-notes: proofreading sweep - issues.dbk

2017-06-05 Thread Justin B Rye
Julien Cristau wrote: > Niels Thykier wrote: >> Justin B Rye: >>> I was assuming otherwise because the first symptom I ran into was that >>> running startx in the absence of xserver-xorg-legacy gave me an X >>> session with non-functional mouse and ke

Bug#681981: Minor package description issues

2012-07-18 Thread Justin B Rye
Martin Eberhard Schauer wrote: > there are some minor (mainly orthographic) issues with the package > description (1): > > >Description: Compiz Fusion configuration system - gconf backend > Compiz Fusion is the result of the re-unification of the Beryl-project > and the community arou

Bug#646992: Package description unclear

2011-10-29 Thread Justin B Rye
Justin B Rye wrote: > Martin Eberhard Schauer wrote: >> Updating the German package description I found that the first sentence >> of the description might be simplified or rephrased. Oops, my first try at this ("http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=646992#10"

Bug#646992: Package description unclear

2011-10-29 Thread Justin B Rye
Martin Eberhard Schauer wrote: > Updating the German package description I found that the first sentence > of the description might be simplified or rephrased. Yes, it needs something; "provides [...] common operation" is ungrammatical. > What does "provides support and common operation" mean? If

Bug#547143: xserver-xorg: xorg/evdev/HAL versus serial mouse

2011-01-31 Thread Justin B Rye
Justin B Rye wrote: > I'm calling this wishlist because I've eventually managed to get X > working again; it's essentially a documentation issue. The issue of serial mice not working via evdev is documented in the draft Squeeze releasenotes (along with a pointer to the pac

Bug#549457: x11-apps: flawed package description

2009-10-03 Thread Justin B Rye
Package: x11-apps Version: 7.4+2 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch The current package description has two problems. Its first paragraph is a relic of the days when these apps were in xbase-clients: > An X client is a program that interfaces with an X server (almost always via > the X libraries), a

Bug#547143: xserver-xorg: xorg/evdev/HAL versus serial mouse

2009-09-17 Thread Justin B Rye
Julien Cristau wrote: > On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 09:48:53 +0100, Justin B Rye wrote: [...] >> Note that just disabling HAL and AutoAddDevices wasn't enough - I've >> had to put lots more lines back in my xorg.conf that I'd previously >> been leaving to the

Bug#547143: xserver-xorg: xorg/evdev/HAL versus serial mouse

2009-09-17 Thread Justin B Rye
Package: xserver-xorg Version: 1:7.4+4 Severity: wishlist I'm calling this wishlist because I've eventually managed to get X working again; it's essentially a documentation issue. As NEWS.Debian says, "devices configured in xorg.conf to use the mouse or kbd driver are ignored by the X server by d

Re: [RFR] templates://xorg-server/{xprint-common.templates}

2007-09-01 Thread Justin B Rye
Christian Perrier wrote: > Your review should be sent as an answer to this mail. > Description: Next Generation Nested X Server Why all the caps? "X", fair enough, and "Next Generation" is arguable, but since there's no such thing as an NGNXS I suggest: Description: next generation nested X