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In the event that a bug has been in the "Incomplete" state for more than 4 weeks, meaning it has not received a response to a request for more information and there is no way someone can work with the bug, the bug status should be changed to "Invalid" with a comment similar to: | In the event that a bug has been in the "Incomplete" state for more than 4 weeks, meaning it has not received a response to a request for more information, please send a gentle reminder with something like: ||<tablestyle="background-color: #eee">We'd like to figure out what's causing this bug for you, but we haven't heard back from you in a while. Could you please provide the requested information? Thanks!|| If, after an additional 2 weeks, the reporter still hasn't responded __and there is no way someone can work with the bug__, the bug status should be changed to "Invalid" with a comment similar to: |
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A lot of bug reports need testing in the development release of Ubuntu. This is something that most anyone can do by downloading the Desktop CD, booting from it and testing their particular bug. | A lot of bug reports need testing in the development release of Ubuntu. This is something that most anyone can do by downloading the Desktop CD, booting from it and testing their particular bug. Before using this, ''please'' check "rmadison <package>" to see if the package version has changed between when the bug was reported and the current development release. If it has not changed, there is no need to ask. If it has changed, check the changelog to see if this issue has been specifically addressed. |
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- Not described well
- Missing Steps to Recreate Bug
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Package or domain specific questions
- Debugging Kernel General
- Debugging Sound Problems
- Debugging ACPI
- Debugging Removable Devices
- Debugging Printing problems
- Debugging Hardware Detection
- Debugging USB Storage
- Debugging X Autoconfiguration
- Debugging Xorg in general
- Freeze during boot or shutdown screen
- Debugging Live CD Installation
- Debugging A Distribution Upgrade
- Debugging GNOME Power Manager
- Debugging Network Manager
- Debugging Samba
- Incomplete bugs without a response from submitter
- Bugs without a package
- Bugs resolved after update or config change
- Needing testing in the development release
- Missing a crash report or having a .crash attachment
- Firefox crash report that fails retrace
- A duplicate
- About an obsolete version of the software for reporter's release
- Missing a back trace
- Unusable stack trace after retracing
- Need valgrind log
- A bug that should be handled upstream
- Old untouched bugs
- xine-lib and ffmpeg bugs
- Packages not provided by Ubuntu
- Fixed in Development release while still existing in a previous release
- Reported by someone not respecting the Code of Conduct
- A support request
- Suspected bad ISO download
- A suggestion for changing default applications or preferences
- About an incorrect translation
- Firefox
- Incomplete Package Request
- Triage Successful
- Triage Unsuccessful: Back to New/Incomplete Status
- An idea to improve Ubuntu
- Patch attachment not flagged as a patch
- Attachment incorrectly flagged as a patch
- Security Bugs
- Links
Not described well
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately, we can't fix it because your description didn't include enough information. You may find it helpful to read "How to report bugs effectively" http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html. We'd be grateful if you would then provide a more complete description of the problem. |
Missing Steps to Recreate Bug
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please answer these questions: |
Package or domain specific questions
The following packages or type of bugs require the specific debugging information:
Debugging Kernel General
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately we can't fix it without more information. |
Debugging Sound Problems
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately we can't fix it without more information. |
Debugging ACPI
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately we can't fix it without more information. |
Debugging Removable Devices
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately we can't fix it without more information. |
Debugging Printing problems
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately we can't fix it without more information. |
Debugging Hardware Detection
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately we can't fix it without more information. |
Debugging USB Storage
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately we can't fix it without more information. |
Debugging X Autoconfiguration
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately we can't fix it without more information. |
Debugging Xorg in general
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please attach your X server configuration file (/etc/X11/xorg.conf) and X server log file (/var/log/Xorg.0.log) to the bug report as individual uncompressed file attachments using the "Attachment:" box below. Could you please also try to run without any /etc/X11/xorg.conf and let Xorg autodetect your display and video card? Please also attach the /var/log/Xorg.0.log from this attempt. Thanks in advance. |
Freeze during boot or shutdown screen
Thanks for your bug report and for your contribution to ubuntu. In order to determine if this issue is usplash related, please boot your computer with usplash disabled and then shutdown to see if you can reproduce the issue? To disable usplash for a single boot, follow these steps: |
Debugging Live CD Installation
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately we can't start working on it yet, because your description didn't include enough information. |
Debugging A Distribution Upgrade
Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Could you please add the log files from '/var/log/dist-upgrade/' to this bug report as separate attachments? Thanks in advance.
Debugging GNOME Power Manager
Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Could you please attach the resulting log file of: gnome-power-bugreport.sh &> gpm.log to the report? You might also want to take a look at the debugging instructions located at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingGNOMEPowerManager and submit any other logs related to your problem. Thanks in advance.
Debugging Network Manager
If a network-manager bug report is about not being able to connect the title or summary should be in the format: [CHIPSET] cannot connect to (ENCRYPT_METHOD) where the CHIPSET is the wireless driver used and ENCRYPT_METHOD is the encryption method used by your wireless network.
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately we can't start working on it yet, because your bug report didn't include enough information. Please include the information requested at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingNetworkManager. If you have trouble, do not hesitate to ask for more assistance. Thanks in advance.
Debugging Samba
Samba as a client
Use this reply if an Ubuntu system cannot access a remote samba/windows share.
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately we can't fix it without more information. Please include the information requested at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingSamba#samba-client.
Samba as a server
Use this reply if remote clients cannot access a share provided by an Ubuntu system.
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately we can't fix it without more information. Please include the information requested at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingSamba#samba-server.
Install/upgrade failure
Use this reply if there is a package installation/upgrade failure on the Ubuntu system.
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately we can't fix it without more information. Please include the information requested at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingSamba#samba-pkg-fail.
Incomplete bugs without a response from submitter
In the event that a bug has been in the "Incomplete" state for more than 4 weeks, meaning it has not received a response to a request for more information, please send a gentle reminder with something like:
We'd like to figure out what's causing this bug for you, but we haven't heard back from you in a while. Could you please provide the requested information? Thanks! |
If, after an additional 2 weeks, the reporter still hasn't responded and there is no way someone can work with the bug, the bug status should be changed to "Invalid" with a comment similar to:
We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again! |
Bugs without a package
Sometimes bugs will be reported just using the "Ubuntu" package. This is not the best place for the bug though and we should encourage bug reporters to report the bug against the correct package by pointing them at some documentation. Keep in mind PKGNAME is a variable.
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage . I have classified this bug as a bug in PKGNAME. |
Bugs resolved after update or config change
Ocassionally bug reporters will indicate that a bug has been fixed after some software update or after changing a configuration value back to its default value. These bug reports should be set to Invalid since we don't know the root cause. When closing the bug report it is a good idea to take an opportunity to let the reporter know how to manage bug statuses.
This bug report is being closed due to your last comment regarding this being fixed with an update. For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the revealed drop down box. You can learn more about bug statuses at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status . Thank you again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please submit any future bugs you may find. |
Needing testing in the development release
A lot of bug reports need testing in the development release of Ubuntu. This is something that most anyone can do by downloading the Desktop CD, booting from it and testing their particular bug.
Before using this, please check "rmadison <package>" to see if the package version has changed between when the bug was reported and the current development release. If it has not changed, there is no need to ask. If it has changed, check the changelog to see if this issue has been specifically addressed.
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The issue that you reported is one that should be reproducible with the live environment of the Desktop CD of the development release - Jaunty Jackalope. It would help us greatly if you could test with it so we can work on getting it fixed in the next release of Ubuntu. You can find out more about the development release at http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/ . Thanks again and we appreciate your help. |
Missing a crash report or having a .crash attachment
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. However, your crash report is either missing or challenging to deal with as a ".crash" file. Please follow these instructions to have apport report a new bug about your crash that can be dealt with by the automatic retracer. |
Firefox crash report that fails retrace
Firefox bug triaging policy is to close (set to "invalid") crash reports from apport that fail retracing.
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. However, your crash report didn't yield the required information. Please go ahead and submit a new crash report if it crashes again with the latest available version of the package. Thanks in advance for your cooperation and understanding. |
A duplicate
When making a bug report a duplicate of another it is important to communicate to the reporter that any discussion regarding the bug should take place in the master bug. Keep in mind that NUMBER is a variable and should be the number of the master bug report.
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug NUMBER, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find. |
About an obsolete version of the software for reporter's release
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. However, you are not using the most recent version of this package for your Ubuntu release. Please upgrade to the most recent version and let us know if you are still having this issue. Thanks in advance. |
Missing a back trace
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please try to obtain a backtrace following the instructions at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash and upload the backtrace (as an attachment) to the bug report. This will greatly help us in tracking down your problem. |
Unusable stack trace after retracing
This is an alternative to the previous response, if there is a good chance that another retrace will work better (e. g. outdated package versions). Please close the bug as invalid with this comment:
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. |
Need valgrind log
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please try to obtain a valgrind log following the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Valgrind and attach the file to the bug report. This will greatly help us in tracking down your problem. |
A bug that should be handled upstream
Thank you for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments at: |
Old untouched bugs
Old new bugs that haven't been touched in a quite a while and you are unable to recreate the bug.
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue for you. Can you try with the latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance. |
xine-lib and ffmpeg bugs
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You have reported a crash in the xine-lib library. In order to be able to actually fix this bug, we must be able to: |
Packages not provided by Ubuntu
Occasionally, bug reporters will report a bug about a version of a package not provided by Ubuntu or less often about software not provided by Ubuntu. In which case we can not help them and the bug should be set to Invalid.
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and trying to help make Ubuntu better. However, it seems that you are not using a software package provided by the official Ubuntu repositories. Because of this the Ubuntu project can not support or fix your particular bug. Please report this bug to the provider of the software package. Thanks! |
Fixed in Development release while still existing in a previous release
The bug's state should become Fix Released and if the package qualifies for a Stable Release Update (SRU):
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. However, I am closing it because the bug has been fixed in the latest development version of Ubuntu - the Jaunty Jackalope. |
The bug's state should become Fix Released and if the package does not qualify for a SRU because it is considered a minor bug and the package can be backported:
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. However, I am closing it because the bug has been fixed in the latest development version of Ubuntu - the Jaunty Jackalope. |
The bug's state should become Fix Released and if the package can not be backported:
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. However, I am closing it because the bug has been fixed in the latest development version of Ubuntu - the Jaunty Jackalope. It won't be fixed in previous versions of Ubuntu because the package doesn't fit the requirements for backporting. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports for more information. |
Reported by someone not respecting the Code of Conduct
Thank you for your bug report. To maintain a respectful atmosphere, please follow the code of conduct - http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct/ . Bug reports are handled by humans, the majority of whom are volunteers, so please bear this in mind. |
A support request
Determining whether a bug report is actually a support request can be quite challenging, but if you decide the bug is a support request you can convert it to such by clicking "Convert to a question" at the top of the bug's web page. This will mark the bug as "Invalid", create a new question in the answer tracker and link it to the bug. In the comment dialog that you receive, post a comment to inform the reporter about your action, and advise them to use the support tracker for any future problems.
Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better. Examining the information you have given us, this does not appear to be a bug report so we are closing it and converting it to a question in the support tracker. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but it would make more sense to raise problems you are having in the support tracker at https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu if you are uncertain if they are bugs. For help on reporting bugs, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs . |
It is also a good idea to change the source package beforehand if it's set incorrectly, so that the question will be associated with the correct package in the answer tracker, or edit the question afterwards and assign it to the correct package. If it doesn't pertain to a specific package, change it to "Ubuntu".
Suspected bad ISO download
This response may be necessary when someone is having strange issues with the Desktop CD.
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu. While we appreciate the difficulties you are facing, it would appear that the CD image (ISO file) you downloaded could be corrupt. There is an easy way to verify the integrity of the Ubuntu ISO files you download. Could you please visit https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM follow the instructions and report back as to whether or not the MD5SUM verified? Thanks in advance. |
A suggestion for changing default applications or preferences
This should only be used for bug reports where the scope of the change is quite large or would affect a lot of users.
Thank you for your suggestion. However, the changes you are requesting aren't really a bug and require more discussion, which should be done on an appropriate mailing list or forum. http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/mailinglists might be a good start for determining which mailing list to use. |
About an incorrect translation
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. However, Ubuntu gets its translations from the translations portion of Launchpad (http://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/), where translation teams work on making Ubuntu more useful in their language. If you want to change a translation in Ubuntu there is the right place. |
Firefox
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Could you please try to obtain a backtrace by following the instructions on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MozillaTeam/Bugs? Also, please answer these questions: |
Incomplete Package Request
Thank you for taking the time to request this package and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately you have not provided enough information for a developer to start packaging this application. Please make sure this bug meets the guidelines at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopment/NewPackages. An example of a complete package request is available at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopment/NewPackages/ExamplePackageRequest. |
Triage Successful
Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Since this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work, I'm going to mark it as confirmed and let them handle it from here. Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better! |
Triage Unsuccessful: Back to New/Incomplete Status
Thanks for taking the time to report his bug and comment on it. However, I've noticed that this bug has been Confirmed although there is not clear indication as to how to recreate this bug [ or version of software affected ]. Subsequently, I'm setting its status to Incomplete until that information is provided. You can learn more about bug statuses at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status. Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better! |
An idea to improve Ubuntu
Note: If it is a request to add a feature to a specific program it should be forwarded to the upstream developers instead. See: Forwarding Bugs Upsteam
Not everybody requesting an improvement should be directed to brainstorm. Only larger things, or instances where it would be good to get the feedback of users, such as changing a default program.
Thank you for taking the time to make Ubuntu better. Since what you submitted is not really a bug, or a problem, but rather an idea to improve Ubuntu, you are invited to post your idea in Ubuntu Brainstorm at https://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/ where it can be discussed, voted by the community and reviewed by developers. Thanks for taking the time to share your opinion! |
Patch attachment not flagged as a patch
When reviewing bug attachments you might find an attachment that is a patch, but is not flagged. Let people know what a patch is!
Looking at the attachments in this bug report, I noticed that an attachment was not flagged as a patch. A patch contains changes to an Ubuntu package that will resolve a bug and this attachment is one! Subsequently, I've checked the patch flag for it. In the future when submitting patches please use the patch checkbox as there are some Launchpad searches that use this feature. You can learn more about the patch workflow at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Patches. |
Attachment incorrectly flagged as a patch
When reviewing bug attachments you might that someone flagged an attachment that is a patch, but it really isn't one. Educate people know what a patch is!
Looking at the attachments in this bug report, I noticed that one was flagged as a patch incorrectly. A patch contains changes to an Ubuntu package that will resolve a bug, since this was not one I've unchecked the patch flag for it. In the future keep in mind the definition of a patch. You can learn more about what qualifies as a patch at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Patches. Thanks! |
Security Bugs
For a number of situations, we have stock reply scripts that can used from the lp:ubuntu-qa-tools git tree, in the responses/security/ subdirectory.
Not Security
Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find. |
Links
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