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. On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 10:43 PM, Boris Barbulovski <bbarbulovski@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > can you try this patch? > > > > On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 7:28 PM, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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/ -- Boris Barbulovski http://mkfusion.bokicsoft.com/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
