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== Other Resources ==
 * [[X/Bugs/ScreenModeChange]]
 * [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Video|Video Resources]] at help.ubuntu.com
 * [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FixVideoResolutionHowto|FixVideoResolutionHowto]] at help.ubuntu.com
 * [[Bugs/AtiDriver]]
 * XorgOnTheEdge - for bleeding edge packages
 * [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI|BinaryDriverHowto]] - for installing fglrx or nvidia
 * [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions|BootOptions]]
   * [[http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Feisty_Installation_Guide|fglrx installation on Ubuntu]]
 * DebuggingUsplash

Debugging Central

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

The X Windows System is a critical component in the Ubuntu operating system. X is not without its bugs, but fortunately debugging X issues is not rocket science.

The vast majority of Ubuntu X issues fall into one of several distinct categories, and based on the way they manifest, there are several different tactics that can be employed in a nearly paint-by-numbers fashion to isolate them.

Even non-developers can help! The goal of this handbook is to give folks a toolset for rendering these bugs easily solvable.

Contents:

  • I. X/Reporting - How to create good X bug reports

  • II. X/CommonErrors - Explanations for commonly seen error messages

  • III. X/Backtracing - How to collect a backtrace for an X crash

  • IV. X/Triaging - How to ensure new X bug reports have enough info to troubleshoot

  • V. X/Troubleshooting - How to analyze X bugs to make them solvable

  • VI. X/Quirks - Fixes for some common hardware-specific issues

  • VII. X/Upstreaming - Forwarding X bugs upstream

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