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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 properly report bugs in X

II. ["X/Triaging"] - Steps for processing newly reported bugs to make them ready for troubleshooting

III. ["X/Troubleshooting"] - Tips for analyzing and troubleshooting bugs