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If you want to add information on how to debug a package to this page, use this template.

As part of triaging bug reports about specific packages or subsystems, bug triagers and developers have been writing debugging procedures for them. These include information about how to troubleshoot issues, gather the proper log files and common bug reports. If you find one missing, and if no one else can help, e-mail the Bug Squad! You can find them at [email protected] . Or in #ubuntu-bugs on irc.ubuntu.com .

• Find the Right Package

• Debugging program crashes

• Debugging system crashes

• Using Apport-collect

Desktop Applications

• Firefox Web Browser

• Evince Document Viewer

• Evolution Mail

• GNOME applications

• GNOME applets

• GNOME power manager

• GNOME System Tools

• GNOME Screensaver (and screen locking)

• Gconf

• KDE applications

• Gnash Flash plugin

• Network Manager

• Modem Manager

• Telepathy framework

• OpenOffice.org

• Java

• Empathy

• Ubuntuone

• Chromium

Server Applications

• Apache 2

• LTSP

• KVM

Hardware

• Hardware detection

• Udev (device hotplugging)

• IRQ problems

• ACPI (power-saving etc.)

• Sound problems

• Printing problems

• Mouse detection

• Touchpad detection

• Troubleshooting Hotkeys

• Keyboard detection

Storage devices

• IDE issues

• LVM (Logical Volume Management)

• Removable devices

Kernel

• Kernel Team bug policies

• Kernel Oops

• Kernel suspend

• Debugging Suspend, Hibernate, Resume

• Kernel boot

• Kernel netconsole

• BIOS Issues

• Debugging Update Errors

Installation and Upgrades

• Live CD booting problems (casper)

• Live CD installation problems (ubiquity)

• Upgrading releases and updating packages (update-manager)

• Installing and updating packages (General issues)

Debugging Tools

• Memory test

• Backtrace

• Strace

• Valgrind

Miscellaneous

• Debugging X (display problems etc.)

• Debugging security issues

• Debugging the pretty logo you see while booting up or shutting down (usplash)

• Debugging non-English errors

• Debugging Apparmor profile errors

• Debugging Compiz problems

• Debugging HAL problems

Template

We've created a template file for debugging procedure pages if you want to write a new one. The template provides a similar look and feel for all pages and ensures that they cover common subjects.

• The debugging template file

CategoryBugSquad CategoryDebugging