Mercurial > mplayer.hg
changeset 8758:ed6cf8b95138
More bug reporting HOWTO links, crash section reordered, compilation section
extended, configure section added.
| author | diego |
|---|---|
| date | Sat, 04 Jan 2003 02:33:09 +0000 |
| parents | 52088761d77e |
| children | 1c16edd41203 |
| files | DOCS/bugreports.html |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/DOCS/bugreports.html Sat Jan 04 01:44:20 2003 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/bugreports.html Sat Jan 04 02:33:09 2003 +0000 @@ -58,11 +58,15 @@ we will be unable to properly diagnose your problem otherwise.</P> <P>An excellent and well written guide to asking questions in public forums is - <A HREF="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html">How To Ask - Questions The Smart Way</A> by Eric S. Raymond. If you follow these guidelines - you should be safe. But please understand that we all follow the mailing lists - voluntarily in our free time. We are very busy and cannot guarantee that you - will get a solution for your problem or even an answer.</P> + <A HREF="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html">How To Ask Questions The Smart Way</A> + by <A HREF="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</A>. There is another + called + <A HREF="http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html">How to Report Bugs Effectively</A> + by <A HREF="http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/">Simon Tatham</A>. If + you follow these guidelines you should be able to get help. But please + understand that we all follow the mailing lists voluntarily in our free time. + We are very busy and cannot guarantee that you will get a solution for your + problem or even an answer.</P> <H3>Where to report bugs?</H3> @@ -87,7 +91,7 @@ <H4>System Information:</H4> <UL> - <LI>Your Linux distribution or operating system e.g.: + <LI>Your Linux distribution or operating system and version e.g.: <UL> <LI>Red Hat 7.1</LI> <LI>Slackware 7.0 + devel packs from 7.1 ...</LI> @@ -155,12 +159,23 @@ Please include these files: <UL> - <LI>configure.log</LI> - <LI>config.h</LI> - <LI>config.mak</LI> - <LI>libvo/config.mak</LI> + <LI><CODE>config.h</CODE></LI> + <LI><CODE>config.mak</CODE></LI> </UL> +Only if compilation fails below one of these directories, include these files: + +<UL> + <LI><CODE>Gui/config.mak</CODE></LI> + <LI><CODE>libvo/config.mak</CODE></LI> + <LI><CODE>libao2/config.mak</CODE></LI> +</UL> + + +<H4>For configure problems</H4> + +Include <CODE>configure.log</CODE>. + <H4>For playback problems</H4> @@ -195,21 +210,9 @@ <H4>For crashes</H4> -<P>If you have a core dump of the crash continue reading the next paragraph, - otherwise skip it.</P> - - -<H4>How to extract meaningful information from a core dump</H4> - -<P>Please create the following command file:</P> - -<P><CODE>disass $pc-32 $pc+32<BR> - info all-registers</CODE></P> - -<P>Then simply execute the following on your command line:</P> - -<P> <CODE>gdb mplayer --core=core -batch --command=command_file > mplayer.bug</CODE></P> - +<P>You have to run MPlayer inside <CODE>gdb</CODE> and send us the complete + output or if you have a core dump of the crash you can extract useful + information from the <CODE>Core</CODE> file. Here's how:</P> <H4>How to conserve information about a reproducible crash</H4> @@ -232,7 +235,17 @@ <P><CODE> bt<BR> disass $pc-32 $pc+32</CODE></P> -and send the complete output to us. + +<H4>How to extract meaningful information from a core dump</H4> + +<P>Please create the following command file:</P> + +<P><CODE>disass $pc-32 $pc+32<BR> + info all-registers</CODE></P> + +<P>Then simply execute the following on your command line:</P> + +<P> <CODE>gdb mplayer --core=core -batch --command=command_file > mplayer.bug</CODE></P> <H3>General note</H3>