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6 <P><B><A NAME=C>Appendix C - How to report bugs</A></B></P>
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8 <P><B>How to report bugs?</B></P>
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10 <P>First read <A HREF="documentation.html#D">Appendix D</A>, and other docs. If your problem isn't
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11 known or isn't solved by our instructions, then report the bug:</P>
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13 <P><B>Where?</B></P>
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15 <P>Subscribe to the mplayer-users mailing list:<BR>
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16 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users">http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users</A><BR>
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17 and send your bugreport to:<BR>
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18 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="mailto:mplayer-users@mplayehq.hu">mplayer-users@mplayerhq.hu</A><BR>
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19 We won't CC: so please subscribe!!!</P>
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21 <P>Don't send bugreports private, directly to author's address!!!
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22 We are working together on code, so everyone is interested in it.
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23 BTW many times other users know the solution (system config probs,
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24 bad drivers etc), even when we think it's a bug in our code.
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25 The language of this list is ENGLISH!</P>
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27 <P>Please describe your problem in details, examples etc, and don't
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28 forget to include these:</P>
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30 <P><B>What?</B></P>
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32 <P><B><I>1. The system info what we always want:</I></B></P>
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34 <UL>
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35 <LI>linux distribution<BR>
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36 examples:<UL>
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37 <LI>RedHat 7.1
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38 <LI>Slackware 7.0 + devel packs from 7.1 ...</UL>
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39 <LI>kernel version:<BR>
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40 <CODE>uname -a</CODE>
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41 <LI>libc version:<BR>
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42 <CODE>ls -l /lib/libc[.-]*</CODE>
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43 <LI>X version:<BR>
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44 <CODE>X -version</CODE>
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45 <LI>gcc and ld version:<BR>
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46 <CODE>gcc -v<BR>
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47 ld -v</CODE>
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48 <LI>binutils version:<BR>
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49 <CODE>as --version</CODE>
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50 </UL>
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51
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52 <P><B><I>2. Hardware & drivers:</I></B></P>
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54 <UL>
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55 <LI>CPU info:<BR>
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56 <CODE>cat /proc/cpuinfo</CODE>
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57 <LI>video card manufacturer and model<BR>
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58 examples:<BR><UL>
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59 <LI>ASUS V3800U chip: nVidia TNT2 Ultra pro 32MB SDRAM
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60 <LI>Matrox G400 DH 32MB SGRAM</UL>
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61 <LI>video driver type&version<BR>
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62 examples:<UL>
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63 <LI>X built-in driver
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64 <LI>nvidia 0.9.623
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65 <LI>Utah-GLX CVS 2001-02-17
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66 <LI>DRI from X 4.0.3</UL>
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67 <LI>sound card type & driver<BR>
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68 examples:<BR><UL>
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69 <LI>Creative SBLive! Gold with OSS driver from oss.creative.com
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70 <LI>Creative SB16 with OSS drivers of kernel
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71 <LI>GUS PnP with ALSA OSS emulation</UL>
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72 <LI>if you are unsure, attach output of lspci -v
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73 </UL>
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75 <P><B>For compiling problems/errors</B></P>
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77 <P><B><I>3. these files:</I></B></P>
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78 <UL><LI>configure.log
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79 <LI>config.h
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80 <LI>config.mak
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81 <LI>libvo/config.mak
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82 </UL>
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84 <P><B>For playback problems:</B></P>
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85
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86 <P><B><I>3. Output of mplayer at verbose level 1 (-v)</I></B></P>
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87 <P><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mplayer -v [options] filename &amp;&gt; mplayer.log</CODE></P>
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89 <P><B><I>4. If the problem is specific to one or a few files,
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90 then please upload that file to:</I></B></P>
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91 <P><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ftp://mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/incoming/</CODE></P>
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92 Also upload a small .txt file with the same name as your file,
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93 describing the problem!<BR>
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94 Usually first 1-5 MB of the file is enough to reproduce
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95 the problem, but first you should try it:
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96 <P><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;dd if=yourfile of=smallfile bs=1k count=1024</CODE></P>
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97 (it will cut first 1MB of 'yourfile' and save to 'smallfile')
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98 Then try again on this small file, and if bug still exists
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99 then it's enough to upload this small file.<BR>
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100 NEVER send such files via mail! Upload it, and send only
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101 the path/filename of the file on the FTP.
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102 If the file is accessible on the net, then sending the
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103 _exact_ URL is enough!
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105 <P><B><I>5. For crashes (segfault, SIGILL, signal 4 etc):</I></B></P>
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107 <P><I>If you have coredump of the crash, see 5.a, else see 5.b:</I></P>
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109 <P><B><I>5.a: Please print us coredump (if it was created).</I></B></P>
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111 <P>Howto:
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112 please create following command file:</P>
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114 <P><CODE>disass $eip-32 $eip+32<BR>
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115 printf "eax=%08lX\n",$eax<BR>
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116 printf "ebx=%08lX\n",$ebx<BR>
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117 printf "ecx=%08lX\n",$ecx<BR>
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118 printf "edx=%08lX\n",$edx<BR>
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119 printf "esp=%08lX\n",$esp<BR>
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120 printf "ebp=%08lX\n",$ebp<BR>
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121 printf "edi=%08lX\n",$edi<BR>
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122 printf "esi=%08lX\n",$esi<BR>
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123 </CODE></P>
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125 <P>Then simply execute following command line:</P>
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126 <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>gdb mplayer --core=core -batch --command=command_file >mplayer.bug</CODE></P>
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128 <P><B><I>5.b.: run MPlayer in gdb:</I></B></P>
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129 <P>Re-compile mplayer with debugging code enabled:<BR>
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130 ./configure --enable-debug<BR>
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131 make
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132 </P>
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133 <P>[at root/user shell prompt:]<BR>
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134 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE># gdb mplayer</CODE><BR>
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135 [at gdb prompt:]<BR>
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136 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>&gt; run -v [options-to-mplayer] filename</CODE><BR>
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137 ... (wait until it will crash)<BR>
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138 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>&gt; bt</CODE><BR>
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139 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>&gt; disass $eip-32 $eip+32</CODE><BR>
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140 Send us the full output of the above things!
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141 </P>
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143 <P><B>In general:</B></P>
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145 <P>If something is big (logs etc) then it's better to upload to the ftp
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146 (gzipped), and include only path/filename in the bugreport!</P>
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147
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148 <P><B>I know what am I doing...</B></P>
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149
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150 <P>If you created a proper bugreport following the above steps, and you are
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151 sure it's mplayer bug, not compiler's problem or broken file, you've already
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152 readed through docs and you didn't find the solution, your sound drivers are ok,
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153 then you may want to subscribe to the mplayer-advusers list and send your
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154 bugreport there to get better and faster answer. But BE WARNED: if you post
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155 newbie or rtfm-type questions there, you'll be immediatelly banned, instead or
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156 getting answered!!! So don't flame us, subscribe -advusers only if you really
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157 know what are you doing and you feel you as advanced mplayer user or developer.
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158 (and about how to subscribe: find it out! if you're really an advanced user,
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159 it shouldn't be a problem for you...)
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160 </P>
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