DebuggingHardwareDetection

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When reporting a problem with hardware detection, include the following information: ## 20121021 https://launchpad.net/~penalvch Now that we are in the apport era, when one files a bug using it against the linux package via ubuntu-bug linux, a requirement as per https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Responses#Missing_Apport_Information , the following attachments (that requesting is redundant) are automatically attached to the bug report:
## BootDmesg.txt -> dmesg, gives very similar info as uname -a, and gives exactly same as cat
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 * The make and model of the device (as much as you know)
 * The output from the `lspci` command
 * The output from the `dmesg` command
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= Debugging procedure =

== Reporting a bug ==

 * When reporting a problem with hardware detection, you should report the bug against the [[https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux|linux]] kernel package.
 * If the system is not correctly detecting a USB device, also '''attach''' the output of:
  * lsusb -v > lsusb-v.log

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Debugging Central

This page is part of the debugging series — pages with debugging details for a variety of Ubuntu packages.

Debugging procedure

Reporting a bug

  • When reporting a problem with hardware detection, you should report the bug against the linux kernel package.

  • If the system is not correctly detecting a USB device, also attach the output of:

    • lsusb -v > lsusb-v.log


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DebuggingHardwareDetection (last edited 2012-10-21 04:10:21 by penalvch)