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author | diego <diego@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2> | 2002-08-27 21:19:30 +0000 |
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committer | diego <diego@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2> | 2002-08-27 21:19:30 +0000 |
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Cosmetics: Some more indents and newlines.
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diff --git a/DOCS/bugreports.html b/DOCS/bugreports.html index 84e020b65d..a7eb4ca0a2 100644 --- a/DOCS/bugreports.html +++ b/DOCS/bugreports.html @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ <P><B><A NAME=C>Appendix C - How to report bugs</A></B></P> + <P><B>How to fix bugs</B></P> <P>If you feel have the necessary skills you are invited to have a go at fixing @@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-dev-eng">mplayer-dev-eng</A> mailing list will assist you if you have questions.</P> + <P><B>How to report bugs</B></P> <P>First of all please try the latest CVS version of <B>MPlayer</B> as your bug @@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ 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> + <P><B>Where to report bugs?</B></P> <P>Subscribe to the mplayer-users mailing list:<BR> @@ -65,6 +68,7 @@ ignored or banned. Also note that we will not individually CC (carbon-copy) people so it is a good idea to subscribe to actually receive your answer.</P> + <P><B>What to report?</B></P> <P><B>System Information</B></P> @@ -102,6 +106,7 @@ </LI> </UL> + <P><B>Hardware & drivers</B></P> <UL> @@ -131,6 +136,7 @@ <LI>If in doubt include <CODE>lspci -vv</CODE> output on Linux systems.</LI> </UL> + <P><B>For compilation problems/errors</B></P> <P><B>Please include these files:</B></P> @@ -141,26 +147,27 @@ <LI>libvo/config.mak</LI> </UL> + <P><B>For playback problems</B></P> <P>Please include the output of <B>MPlayer</B> at verbosity level 1, but -remember to <B>not truncate the output</B> when you paste it into your mail. The -developers need all of the messages to properly diagnose a problem. You can -direct the output into a file like this:</P> + remember to <B>not truncate the output</B> when you paste it into your mail. + The developers need all of the messages to properly diagnose a problem. You + can direct the output into a file like this:</P> <P><CODE> mplayer -v [options] [filename] &> mplayer.log</CODE></P> <P>If your problem is specific to one or more files, then please upload the -offender(s) to:</P> + offender(s) to:</P> <P> <A HREF="ftp://mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/incoming/">ftp://mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/incoming/</A></P> <P>Also upload a small text file having the same base name as your file -with a .txt extension. Describe the problem you are having with the -particular file there and include your email address as well as the output -of <B>MPlayer</B> at verbosity level 1.<BR> -Usually the first 1-5 MB of a file are enough to reproduce the problem, -but to be sure we ask you to: + with a .txt extension. Describe the problem you are having with the + particular file there and include your email address as well as the output + of <B>MPlayer</B> at verbosity level 1.<BR> + Usually the first 1-5 MB of a file are enough to reproduce the problem, + but to be sure we ask you to: <P><CODE> dd if=yourfile of=smallfile bs=1024k count=5</CODE></P> @@ -173,11 +180,13 @@ but to be sure we ask you to: If the file is accessible on the net, then sending the <STRONG>exact</STRONG> URL is sufficient.</P> + <P><B>For crashes</B></P> <P>If you have a core dump of the crash continue reading the next paragraph, otherwise skip it.</P> + <P><B>How to extract meaningful information from a core dump</B></P> <P>Please create following command file:</P> @@ -197,6 +206,7 @@ but to be sure we ask you to: <P> <CODE>gdb mplayer --core=core -batch --command=command_file > mplayer.bug</CODE></P> + <P><B>How to conserve information about a reproducible crash</B></P> <P>Recompile <B>MPlayer</B> with debugging code enabled:</P> @@ -219,12 +229,14 @@ return you to the command line prompt where you have to enter and send the complete output to us. + <P><B>General note</B></P> <P>If something is quite big (logs for instance) then it is better to upload it to the FTP server in a compressed format (gzip and bzip preferred) and include only the path and filename in your bug report.</P> + <P><B>I know what I am doing...</B></P> <P>If you created a proper bug report following the steps above and you are |