On 10/17/16 13:50, Boris Barbulovski wrote: > And make sure to delete ~/.config/kernel.org/qconf.conf file before > testing because it might have some illegal settings that might trigger > the same issue again. >
I tested it and it seems to do the right thing. Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdun...@infradead.org> If this patch isn't already in the linux-kconfig tree, please add it for more testing. > > On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 10:43 PM, Boris Barbulovski > <bbarbulov...@gmail.com> wrote: >> can you try this patch? >> >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 7:28 PM, Randy Dunlap <rdun...@infradead.org> wrote: >>> Boris or Thiago, >>> >>> Any comments, suggestions, or patches about this? >>> >>> thanks. >>> >>> On 10/15/16 04:09, Jason Vas Dias wrote: >>>> Aha, thanks! I never would have known this without being told - >>>> there is no visible indication that the symbol info pane exists >>>> at all until one tries to drag the lower right corner of the window >>>> notth-eastwards - is this meant to be somehow an intuitive thing to >>>> do these days to view more info ? >>>> >>>> I did manage to view the option documentation with nconfig / >>>> using emacs to view the KConf files (preferable). >>>> >>>> Really, it would be nice if xconfig had some 'View' Menu & one could >>>> select >>>> View -> Option Documentation or press <F1> over an option to view the >>>> documentation for it , and if the geometry of the different panes was >>>> correct at >>>> startup .- the whole Option value pane initially appears on the far right >>>> hand >>>> side, about 10 pixels wide , until resized ; and there really is no sign >>>> of the >>>> documentation pane at all until lower right-hand corner dragged. >>>> >>>> Also, in the Help -> Introduction panel, it says : >>>> "Toggling Show Debug Info under the Options menu will show the >>>> dependencies..." >>>> but there is no "Show Debug Info" option on the Options menu - sounds like >>>> it might be a useful feature - should I be seeing a "Show Debug Info" >>>> option ? >>>> why don't I see one ? Maybe the Options menu might be a good place to put >>>> an "Expand Option Documentation Pane" option ? >>>> >>>> Thanks anyway for the info. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Jason >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 11/10/2016, Randy Dunlap <rdun...@infradead.org> wrote: >>>>> [changed linux-config to linux-kbuild list] >>>>> >>>>> On 10/09/16 13:46, Jason Vas Dias wrote: >>>>>> Hi - >>>>>> I've been doing 'make xconfig' to configure the kernel for many years >>>>>> now, and >>>>>> always there used to be some option documentation pane populated with >>>>>> summary documentation for the specific option selected . >>>>>> But now, when built for Qt 5.7.0, (also tried Qt 4.8 and GTK) there >>>>>> is no option >>>>>> documentation pane - this is a real pain ! The option documentation also >>>>>> is not displayed with any other gui, eg. 'make menuconfig' / 'make >>>>>> gtkconfig' - >>>>>> I'm sure it used to be . This is a regression IMHO . >>>>>> How can I restore display of documentation for each selected option ? >>>>>> Will older xconfig work for Linux 4.8 ? it appears not ... >>>>>> Thanks in advance for any replies, >>>>>> Jason >>>>> >>>>> That's odd. I see the help info in all of xconfig, gconfig, menuconfig, & >>>>> nconfig. >>>>> >>>>> In xconfig, if the right hand side of the config window only lists some >>>>> kernel config >>>>> options and no symbol help/info, the symbol info portion may be hidden. >>>>> Try >>>>> pointing >>>>> to the bottom of the right side of the window and hold down the left mouse >>>>> button >>>>> and then drag the mouse pointer upward to open the symbol info pane. >>>>> At least that is what works for me. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> ~Randy >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ~Randy >> >> >> >> -- >> Boris Barbulovski >> http://mkfusion.bokicsoft.com/ -- ~Randy
