Config parse error not helpful

[kris]

Everytime I execute a command "redshift -l 52.14:21.0 -t 5500:4300" which is correct, according the man pages, I get following response from a terminal:

 "Malformed argument.
Failed to set manual option.
Try `-l manual:help' for more information."

more info:
OS: Linux Mint 12 x64
X: Gnome3

[Jon Lund Steffensen (jonls)]

That looks odd. Can you try "redshift -l 52:21" to see if that works. Otherwise, try "redshift -l manual:lat=52.14:lon=21.0".

[kris (message4kris)]

Both given commands gives the same:

Malformed argument.
Failed to set manual option.
Try `-l manual:help' for more information.

[kris (message4kris)]

I've just found a problem. It was caused by incorrect configuration file. Pity that error wasn't really helpfull.

Malformed argument.
Failed to set manual option.
Try `-l manual:help' for more information.

Above error suggest that is a problem with command syntax, not in the configuration file. I think something like

"Error parsing configuration file in ~/.config/redshift.conf" would be better, in case of problems with configuration file syntax.

[Jon Lund Steffensen (jonls)]

Thanks. I've updated the bug to reflect this.