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FS#5823 - nvidia-beta-1.0.9626: Error parsing config file .nvidia-settings-rc

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Mike McQueen (McQueen) - Sunday, 12 November 2006, 18:12 GMT
Last edited by Roman Kyrylych (Romashka) - Monday, 13 November 2006, 13:54 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Unstable
Status Closed
Assigned To Thomas Bächler (brain0)
Architecture not specified
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 0.7.2 Gimmick
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

When you run the 'nvidia-settings' program and change the options it saves the file in your home directory under the file name .nvidia-settings-rc. Then, each time you login to your desktop session that file should be read and the settings reapplied. This can be done automatically, or via the command 'nvidia-settings --load-config-only'. I noticed that using the nvidia-beta 1.0.9626-1 package in unstable that the .nvidia-settings-rc configurations were not being applied when the desktop session began. So I ran the proper command from a terminal in order to trace the issue and found this:

$ nvidia-settings --load-config-only
ERROR: Error parsing configuration file '~/.nvidia-settings-rc' on line 10: line length exceeds maximum length of 256.

I have attached the .nvidia-settings-rc file so you can view the contents of line 10. It seems to be a long list of RcFileLocale data.

When I parse that line down to only a few items then the 'nvidia-settings --load-config-only' command works as expected and the user specific settings are applied in the desktop session. I'm not sure where the info in line 10 is being pulled from but it apparently is too extensive for the established parameters of the application.
(application/octet-stream)    .nvidia-settings-rc (1.2 KiB)
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Closed by  Thomas Bächler (brain0)
Tuesday, 14 November 2006, 07:44 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Comment by Thomas Bächler (brain0) - Monday, 13 November 2006, 14:21 GMT
Have you tried the nvidia 9629 package from testing?
Comment by Mike McQueen (McQueen) - Tuesday, 14 November 2006, 02:09 GMT
No, I was not aware of the higher version in testing. I will update to that promptly.
Comment by Mike McQueen (McQueen) - Tuesday, 14 November 2006, 04:54 GMT
The 9629 package does not exhibit the same problem. Advise bug be closed. However, I do need to open a new bug on the nvidia-utils package in testing for not automatically applying the user prefs upon each desktop login. The command to do so has to be run manually.

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