[PATCH 2/3] xfree86: Man page shouldn't say Device is mandatory anymore
Bryce Harrington
bryce at canonical.com
Fri Feb 8 15:56:02 PST 2013
man xorg.conf states that the 'Device' identifier is required in the
'Screen' section, yet current xserver defaults properly and boots up
fine without it.
Fixes: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20742
Signed-off-by: Bryce Harrington <bryce at canonical.com>
---
hw/xfree86/man/xorg.conf.man | 11 ++++-------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/hw/xfree86/man/xorg.conf.man b/hw/xfree86/man/xorg.conf.man
index 5d92bbe..9361ce9 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/man/xorg.conf.man
+++ b/hw/xfree86/man/xorg.conf.man
@@ -1821,9 +1821,7 @@ sections have the following format:
.PP
The
.B Identifier
-and
-.B Device
-entries are mandatory.
+entry is mandatory.
All others are optional.
.PP
The
@@ -1841,11 +1839,10 @@ The entries available
for this section are:
.TP 7
.BI "Device \*q" device\-id \*q
-This mandatory entry specifies the
+This entry specifies the
.B Device
-section to be used for this screen.
-This is what ties a specific graphics card to a screen.
-The
+section to be used for this screen. When multiple graphics cards are
+present, this is what ties a specific card to a screen. The
.I device\-id
must match the
.B Identifier
--
1.7.9.5
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