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| author | gabucino |
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| date | Tue, 21 Aug 2001 21:01:54 +0000 |
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--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/bugreports.html Tue Aug 21 21:01:54 2001 +0000 @@ -0,0 +1,141 @@ +<HTML> + +<BODY> + +<PRE> + + <A NAME=C>Appendix C - How to report bugs + +How to report bugs? +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +First read DOCS/BUGS, and other docs. If your problem isn't +known or isn't solved by our instructions, then report the bug: + +Where? +====== +Subscribe to the mplayer-users mailing list: + http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mplayer-users +and send your bugreport to: + mplayer-users@lists.sourceforge.net +We won't CC: so please subscribe!!! + +Don't send bugreports private, directly to author's address!!! +We are working together on code, so everyone is interested in it. +BTW many times other users know the solution (system config probs, +bad drivers etc), even when we think it's a bug in our code. +The language of this list is ENGLISH ! + +Please describe your problem in details, examples etc, and don't +forget to include these: + +What? +===== + +1. The system info what we always want: +- linux distribution + examples: + RedHat 7.1 + Slackware 7.0 + devel packs from 7.1 ... +- kernel version: + uname -a +- libc version: + ls -l /lib/libc[.-]* +- X version: + X -version +- gcc and ld version: + gcc -v + ld -v +- binutils version: + as --version + +2. Hardware & drivers: +- CPU info: + cat /proc/cpuinfo +- video card manufacturer and model + examples: + ASUS V3800U chip: nVidia TNT2 Ultra pro 32MB SDRAM + Matrox G400 DH 32MB SGRAM +- video driver type&version + examples: + X built-in driver + nvidia 0.9.623 + Utah-GLX CVS 2001-02-17 + DRI from X 4.0.3 +- sound card type & driver + examples: + Creative SBLive! Gold with OSS driver from oss.creative.com + Creative SB16 with OSS drivers of kernel + GUS PnP with ALSA OSS emulation +- if you are unsure, attach output of lspci -v + +For compiling problems/errors: +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +3. output of configure/make: + make distclean + ./configure &>config.log + ./make &>make.log +4. these files: + config.h + config.mak + libvo/config.mak + +For playback problems: +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +3. Output of mplayer at verbose level 1 (-v) + mplayer -v [options] filename &> mplayer.log + +4. If the problem is specific to one or a few files, + then please upload that file to: + ftp://mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/incoming/ + Usually first 1-5 MB of the file is enough to reproduce + the problem, but first you should try it: + dd if=yourfile of=smallfile bs=1k count=1024 + (it will cut first 1MB of 'yourfile' and save to 'smallfile') + Then try again on this small file, and if bug still exists + then it's enough to upload this small file. + NEVER send such files via mail! Upload it, and send only + the path/filename of the file on the FTP. + If the file is accessible on the net, then sending the + _exact_ URL is enough! + +5. For crashes (segfault, SIGILL, signal 4 etc): + +If you have coredump of the crash, see 5.a, else see 5.b: + +5.a: Please print us coredump (if it was created). +Howto: +please create following command file: + +disass $eip-32 $eip+32 +printf "eax=%08lX\n",$eax +printf "ebx=%08lX\n",$ebx +printf "ecx=%08lX\n",$ecx +printf "edx=%08lX\n",$edx +printf "esp=%08lX\n",$esp +printf "ebp=%08lX\n",$ebp +printf "edi=%08lX\n",$edi +printf "esi=%08lX\n",$esi + +Then simply execute following command line: +gdb mplayer --core=core -batch --command=command_file >mplayer.bug + +5.b.: run <B>MPlayer</B> in gdb: +[at root/user shell prompt:] + # gdb mplayer +[at gdb prompt:] + > run -v [options-to-mplayer] filename + ... (wait until it will crash) + > bt + > disass $eip-32 $eip+32 +Send us the full output of the above things! + +In general: +~~~~~~~~~~~ + If something is big (logs etc) then it's better to upload to the ftp + (gzipped), and include only path/filename in the bugreport! + +</PRE> + +</BODY> + +</HTML>