DebuggingProcedures

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= DebuggingProcedures = #title Debugging Procedures

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'''Note: If you wish to report a bug, see ReportingBugs and if you wish to help with bugs, see HelpingWithBugs'''
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 * DebuggingHardwareDetection
 * DebuggingRemovableDevices
 * DebuggingSystemCrash
 * DebuggingIRQProblems
 * DebuggingProgramCrash
 * DebuggingDMASupport
 * DebuggingInstallationFailure
 * DebuggingSoundProblems
 * DebuggingXAutoconfiguration		  * '''[:Bugs/FindRightPackage:Find the Right Package]'''
 * [:DebuggingProgramCrash:Debugging program crashes]
 * [:DebuggingSystemCrash:Debugging system crashes]

== Desktop Applications ==

 * [:DebuggingFirefox:Firefox Web Browser]
 * [:DebuggingEvolution:Evolution Mail]
 * [:DebuggingGNOME:GNOME applications]
 * [:DebuggingGnash:Gnash Flash plugin]
 * [:DebuggingNetworkManager:Network Manager]
 * [:DebuggingTelepathy:Telepathy framework]

== Server Applications ==

 * [:DebuggingApache2:Apache 2]
 * [:DebuggingLTSP:LTSP]

== Hardware ==

 * [:DebuggingHardwareDetection:Hardware detection]
 * [:DebuggingUdev:Udev (device hotplugging)]
 * [:DebuggingIRQProblems:IRQ problems]
 * [:DebuggingACPI:ACPI (power-saving etc.)]
 * [:DebuggingSoundProblems:Sound problems]
 * [:DebuggingPrintingProblems:Printing problems]
 * [:DebuggingMouseDetection:Mouse detection]
 * [:DebuggingTouchpadDetection:Touchpad detection]
 * [:LaptopTestingTeam/HotkeyResearch:Non-working Hotkeys]

== Storage devices ==

 * [:DebuggingIDEIssues:IDE issues]
 * [:DebuggingLvm:LVM (Logical Volume Management)]
 * [:DebuggingRemovableDevices:Removable devices]
 * [:DebuggingUSBStorage:USB storage devices]

== Kernel ==

 * [:DebuggingKernelOops:Kernel Oops]
 * [:DebuggingKernelSuspend:Kernel suspend]
 * [:KernelTeamBugPolicies:Kernel Team bug policies]

== Debugging Tools ==

 * [:MemoryTest:Memory test]
 * ["Backtrace"]
 * ["Strace"]
 * ["Valgrind"]

== Miscellaneous ==

 * [:DebuggingUbiquity:Live CD installation problems (ubiquity)]
 * [:DebuggingUpdateManager:Upgrading releases (update-manager)]
 * [:X/Debugging:Debugging X (display problems etc.)]
 * [:DebuggingNonEnglishErrors:Debugging non-English errors]

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CategoryBugSquad

Note: If you wish to report a bug, see ReportingBugs and if you wish to help with bugs, see HelpingWithBugs

Some common procedures for debugging problems, which deserve to be documented once, and properly, rather than hastily repeated again and again in the process of handling bug reports:

  • [:Bugs/FindRightPackage:Find the Right Package]

  • [:DebuggingProgramCrash:Debugging program crashes]

  • [:DebuggingSystemCrash:Debugging system crashes]

Desktop Applications

  • [:DebuggingFirefox:Firefox Web Browser]

  • [:DebuggingEvolution:Evolution Mail]

  • [:DebuggingGNOME:GNOME applications]

  • [:DebuggingGnash:Gnash Flash plugin]

  • [:DebuggingNetworkManager:Network Manager]

  • [:DebuggingTelepathy:Telepathy framework]

Server Applications

Hardware

  • [:DebuggingHardwareDetection:Hardware detection]

  • [:DebuggingUdev:Udev (device hotplugging)]

  • [:DebuggingIRQProblems:IRQ problems]

  • [:DebuggingACPI:ACPI (power-saving etc.)]

  • [:DebuggingSoundProblems:Sound problems]

  • [:DebuggingPrintingProblems:Printing problems]

  • [:DebuggingMouseDetection:Mouse detection]

  • [:DebuggingTouchpadDetection:Touchpad detection]

  • [:LaptopTestingTeam/HotkeyResearch:Non-working Hotkeys]

Storage devices

  • [:DebuggingIDEIssues:IDE issues]

  • [:DebuggingLvm:LVM (Logical Volume Management)]

  • [:DebuggingRemovableDevices:Removable devices]

  • [:DebuggingUSBStorage:USB storage devices]

Kernel

  • [:DebuggingKernelOops:Kernel Oops]

  • [:DebuggingKernelSuspend:Kernel suspend]

  • [:KernelTeamBugPolicies:Kernel Team bug policies]

Debugging Tools

  • [:MemoryTest:Memory test]

  • ["Backtrace"]
  • ["Strace"]
  • ["Valgrind"]

Miscellaneous

  • [:DebuggingUbiquity:Live CD installation problems (ubiquity)]

  • [:DebuggingUpdateManager:Upgrading releases (update-manager)]

  • [:X/Debugging:Debugging X (display problems etc.)]

  • [:DebuggingNonEnglishErrors:Debugging non-English errors]

CategoryBugSquad

DebuggingProcedures (last edited 2019-07-19 13:37:58 by till-kamppeter)