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Section “ServerFlags” Option “DontZap” “false” EndSection to your xorg.conf and reboot your system. In this situation, X will not start when you boot, and will tell you your xorg.conf is corrupted and needs to be repaired (or something similar) Let me know if you'd like more information. -Mike On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 7:57 PM, Bryce Harrington <br...@bryceharrington.org>wrote: > Can you describe more specifically how X is not working correctly? > > ** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu) > Importance: Undecided => Wishlist > > ** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Triaged > > -- > xorg doesn't recognize the non-ASCII variant of character ” in xorg.conf > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/373516 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “xorg-server” source package in Ubuntu: Triaged > > Bug description: > If given the character ” in xorg.conf, X does not work correctly. > > The character ” can be found all over the Internet, including in posts > intended to give advice on how to edit xorg.conf to achieve various goals. > ” looks incredibly similar to ". > > This is a serious usability concern. I mistakenly gave someone advice > taking information from the Internet that at first glance looked identical > to steps I had taken myself, and successfully achieved my goal. > > Either the character ” needs to be changed to look less similar than ", > X need to be able to handle the character ”, > or some other step needs to be taken. > > From the perspective of anyone but a programmer, a program is expected > to handle any input its given without crashing. A program is expected to > handle input its given gracefully, without crashing, or refusing to start. > And to a user ” is exactly the same, and indistinguishable from ". > > > I hold no illusions that this issue will ever be fixed, but please don't > mark this bug as invalid. My laptop is incapable of utilizing dual monitors > now that the proprietary drivers for my ATI card are no longer supported by > ATI without editing xorg manually. One of the first things that I had to do > when using ubuntu on this machine was edit the xorg.conf file to fix a > graphics issue. > It is far from unrealistic to expect users to put the character ” into > an xorg.conf file. OpenOffice writer correctly displays the character, and I > don't find it unrealistic that someone will eventually write a document in > Word explaining how to do what-have-you in linux to someone. I doubt I'm the > first to experience this unexpected behavior, and I doubt I'm the last. > > I this that a status of wishlist and confirmed is appropriate for this > bug. Regardless of if it will ever realistically be fixed, it is still a > bug. > > > -Mike > -- xorg doesn't recognize the non-ASCII variant of character ” in xorg.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/373516 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg-server in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp