[Mplayer-cvslog] CVS: main/DOCS bugreports.html,1.44,1.45
Diego Biurrun CVS
diego at mplayerhq.hu
Sat Jan 4 03:33:12 CET 2003
Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS
In directory mail:/var/tmp.root/cvs-serv16109/DOCS
Modified Files:
bugreports.html
Log Message:
More bug reporting HOWTO links, crash section reordered, compilation section
extended, configure section added.
Index: bugreports.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/bugreports.html,v
retrieving revision 1.44
retrieving revision 1.45
diff -u -r1.44 -r1.45
--- bugreports.html 29 Dec 2002 19:38:40 -0000 1.44
+++ bugreports.html 4 Jan 2003 02:33:09 -0000 1.45
@@ -58,11 +58,15 @@
we will be unable to properly diagnose your problem otherwise.</P>
<P>An excellent and well written guide to asking questions in public forums is
- <A HREF="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html">How To Ask
- Questions The Smart Way</A> by Eric S. Raymond. If you follow these guidelines
- you should be safe. But please understand that we all follow the mailing lists
- voluntarily in our free time. We are very busy and cannot guarantee that you
- will get a solution for your problem or even an answer.</P>
+ <A HREF="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html">How To Ask Questions The Smart Way</A>
+ by <A HREF="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</A>. There is another
+ called
+ <A HREF="http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html">How to Report Bugs Effectively</A>
+ by <A HREF="http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/">Simon Tatham</A>. If
+ you follow these guidelines you should be able to get help. But please
+ understand that we all follow the mailing lists voluntarily in our free time.
+ We are very busy and cannot guarantee that you will get a solution for your
+ problem or even an answer.</P>
<H3>Where to report bugs?</H3>
@@ -87,7 +91,7 @@
<H4>System Information:</H4>
<UL>
- <LI>Your Linux distribution or operating system e.g.:
+ <LI>Your Linux distribution or operating system and version e.g.:
<UL>
<LI>Red Hat 7.1</LI>
<LI>Slackware 7.0 + devel packs from 7.1 ...</LI>
@@ -155,12 +159,23 @@
Please include these files:
<UL>
- <LI>configure.log</LI>
- <LI>config.h</LI>
- <LI>config.mak</LI>
- <LI>libvo/config.mak</LI>
+ <LI><CODE>config.h</CODE></LI>
+ <LI><CODE>config.mak</CODE></LI>
</UL>
+Only if compilation fails below one of these directories, include these files:
+
+<UL>
+ <LI><CODE>Gui/config.mak</CODE></LI>
+ <LI><CODE>libvo/config.mak</CODE></LI>
+ <LI><CODE>libao2/config.mak</CODE></LI>
+</UL>
+
+
+<H4>For configure problems</H4>
+
+Include <CODE>configure.log</CODE>.
+
<H4>For playback problems</H4>
@@ -195,21 +210,9 @@
<H4>For crashes</H4>
-<P>If you have a core dump of the crash continue reading the next paragraph,
- otherwise skip it.</P>
-
-
-<H4>How to extract meaningful information from a core dump</H4>
-
-<P>Please create the following command file:</P>
-
-<P><CODE>disass $pc-32 $pc+32<BR>
- info all-registers</CODE></P>
-
-<P>Then simply execute the following on your command line:</P>
-
-<P> <CODE>gdb mplayer --core=core -batch --command=command_file > mplayer.bug</CODE></P>
-
+<P>You have to run MPlayer inside <CODE>gdb</CODE> and send us the complete
+ output or if you have a core dump of the crash you can extract useful
+ information from the <CODE>Core</CODE> file. Here's how:</P>
<H4>How to conserve information about a reproducible crash</H4>
@@ -232,7 +235,17 @@
<P><CODE> bt<BR>
disass $pc-32 $pc+32</CODE></P>
-and send the complete output to us.
+
+<H4>How to extract meaningful information from a core dump</H4>
+
+<P>Please create the following command file:</P>
+
+<P><CODE>disass $pc-32 $pc+32<BR>
+ info all-registers</CODE></P>
+
+<P>Then simply execute the following on your command line:</P>
+
+<P> <CODE>gdb mplayer --core=core -batch --command=command_file > mplayer.bug</CODE></P>
<H3>General note</H3>
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