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| === Showcases === * '''[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/joystick/+bug/45930 Bug 45930]''' This was the first bug I dealt with. I was trying to run the ''jstest'' program on my USB joystick, but it wanted to segfault on a regular basis. My first response was to get a backtrace in gdb, but I noticed the backtrace happened during an attempt to print a string, obtained from an array. A little investigation revealed that an invalid index was being used into that array. I fixed the problem in the code and generated a debdiff. I'd found an already reported bug that fit my description, so I added some discussion, along with my patch, to the report. This patch went into the next version of the joystick package. * '''[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/tuxpaint/+bug/49079 Bug 49079]''' I happened across this bug by accident. I don't have access to the printer for which this bug was reported, and despite the fact that the guy who wrote the T''''''uxPaint program is a friend of mine, I'm not a regular user of the program. I am, however, pretty proficient with the P''''''ostScript language, and since I was somewhat familiar with T''''''uxPaint, my curiosity was piqued. I went ahead and looked into the code, and found a few points of interest that I thought might be contributing to the problems. I contacted the author of T''''''uxPaint, and when I found out he didn't have much to do with the P''''''ostScript code in the program, I joined T''''''uxPaint's development mailing list to discuss the problem and possible solutions. This resulted in a few possibilities, which I then submitted to the bug report for the reporting user to examine. Unfortunately, we haven't heard back from the user in order to verify whether the modifications have produced a solution. [http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=30198556&forum_id=44504 Discussion on TuxPaint development list]. |
MicahCowan
Blog: [http://micah.cowan.name]
Email: micah@cowan.name
Launchpad: [https://launchpad.net/people/micah-cowan]
IRC: micahcowan
Activity
I'm currently fairly active on #ubuntu, but other than that, haven't had an opportunity to contribute very much yet.
Bugs I've Worked on
[+] = I submitted this bug |
[d] = I provided a patch for this bug |
Showcases
[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/joystick/+bug/45930 Bug 45930]
This was the first bug I dealt with. I was trying to run the jstest program on my USB joystick, but it wanted to segfault on a regular basis. My first response was to get a backtrace in gdb, but I noticed the backtrace happened during an attempt to print a string, obtained from an array. A little investigation revealed that an invalid index was being used into that array. I fixed the problem in the code and generated a debdiff. I'd found an already reported bug that fit my description, so I added some discussion, along with my patch, to the report. This patch went into the next version of the joystick package.
[https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/tuxpaint/+bug/49079 Bug 49079]
I happened across this bug by accident. I don't have access to the printer for which this bug was reported, and despite the fact that the guy who wrote the TuxPaint program is a friend of mine, I'm not a regular user of the program. I am, however, pretty proficient with the PostScript language, and since I was somewhat familiar with TuxPaint, my curiosity was piqued. I went ahead and looked into the code, and found a few points of interest that I thought might be contributing to the problems. I contacted the author of TuxPaint, and when I found out he didn't have much to do with the PostScript code in the program, I joined TuxPaint's development mailing list to discuss the problem and possible solutions. This resulted in a few possibilities, which I then submitted to the bug report for the reporting user to examine. Unfortunately, we haven't heard back from the user in order to verify whether the modifications have produced a solution. [http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=30198556&forum_id=44504 Discussion on TuxPaint development list].
To Infinity... and BEYOND!
I'm committed to Ubuntu as my main Desktop. Because of this, I'd like to do what I can to continually improve it. At the moment I'm aiming at eventually becoming a ["MOTU"].
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