Debugging

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I. [[X/Reporting]] - How to properly report bugs in X    * I. [[X/Reporting]] - How to create good X bug reports
   * II. [[X/CommonErrors]] - Explanations for commonly seen error messages
   * III. [[X/Backtracing]] - How to collect a backtrace for an X crash
   * IV. [[X/Triaging]] - How to ensure new X bug reports have enough info to troubleshoot
   * V. [[X/Troubleshooting]] - How to analyze X bugs to make them solvable
   * VI. [[X/Quirks]] - Fixes for some common hardware-specific issues
   * VII. [[X/Upstreaming]] - Forwarding X bugs upstream
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II. [[X/Backtracing]] - Getting gdb backtraces of X == Other Resources ==
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 * [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FixVideoResolutionHowto|FixVideoResolutionHowto]] at help.ubuntu.com
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 * XorgOnTheEdge - for bleeding edge packages
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 * [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions|BootOptions]]
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III. [[X/Triaging]] - Steps for processing newly reported bugs to make them ready for troubleshooting

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

Debugging Central

This page is part of the debugging series — pages with debugging details for a variety of Ubuntu packages.

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 create good X bug reports

  • II. X/CommonErrors - Explanations for commonly seen error messages

  • III. X/Backtracing - How to collect a backtrace for an X crash

  • IV. X/Triaging - How to ensure new X bug reports have enough info to troubleshoot

  • V. X/Troubleshooting - How to analyze X bugs to make them solvable

  • VI. X/Quirks - Fixes for some common hardware-specific issues

  • VII. X/Upstreaming - Forwarding X bugs upstream

Other Resources

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