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| author | diego <diego@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2> | 2002-08-27 21:32:35 +0000 |
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| committer | diego <diego@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2> | 2002-08-27 21:32:35 +0000 |
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Added proper heading tags and fixed the HTML structure.
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diff --git a/DOCS/bugreports.html b/DOCS/bugreports.html index a7eb4ca0a2..58cab4cac8 100644 --- a/DOCS/bugreports.html +++ b/DOCS/bugreports.html @@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ <BODY> -<P><B><A NAME=C>Appendix C - How to report bugs</A></B></P> +<H1><A NAME=C>Appendix C - How to report bugs</A></H1> -<P><B>How to fix bugs</B></P> +<H2>How to fix bugs</H2> <P>If you feel have the necessary skills you are invited to have a go at fixing the bug yourself. Or maybe you already did that? Please read @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ mailing list will assist you if you have questions.</P> -<P><B>How to report bugs</B></P> +<H2>How to report bugs</H2> <P>First of all please try the latest CVS version of <B>MPlayer</B> as your bug might already be fixed there. CVS instructions can be found at the bottom of @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ will get a solution for your problem or even an answer.</P> -<P><B>Where to report bugs?</B></P> +<H3>Where to report bugs?</H3> <P>Subscribe to the mplayer-users mailing list:<BR> <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users">http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users</A><BR> @@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ people so it is a good idea to subscribe to actually receive your answer.</P> -<P><B>What to report?</B></P> +<H3>What to report?</H3> -<P><B>System Information</B></P> +<H4>System Information:</H4> <UL> <LI>Your Linux distribution or operating system e.g.: @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ </UL> -<P><B>Hardware & drivers</B></P> +<H4>Hardware & drivers:</H4> <UL> <LI>CPU info (this works on Linux only):<BR> @@ -137,9 +137,10 @@ </UL> -<P><B>For compilation problems/errors</B></P> +<H4>For compilation problems/errors</H4> + +Please include these files: -<P><B>Please include these files:</B></P> <UL> <LI>configure.log</LI> <LI>config.h</LI> @@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ </UL> -<P><B>For playback problems</B></P> +<H4>For playback problems</H4> <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. @@ -165,29 +166,27 @@ <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: + of <B>MPlayer</B> at verbosity level 1. Usually the first 1-5 MB of a file are + enough to reproduce the problem, but to be sure we ask you to:</P> <P><CODE> dd if=yourfile of=smallfile bs=1024k count=5</CODE></P> <P>It will take the first five megabytes of <STRONG>'your-file'</STRONG> and - write it to <STRONG>'small-file'</STRONG>.<BR> - Then try again on this small file and if the bug still shows up - your sample is sufficient for us.<BR> - Please <STRONG>do not ever</STRONG> send such files via mail! Upload it, - and send only the path/filename of the file on the FTP-server.<BR> - If the file is accessible on the net, then sending the - <STRONG>exact</STRONG> URL is sufficient.</P> + write it to <STRONG>'small-file'</STRONG>. Then try again on this small file + and if the bug still shows up your sample is sufficient for us. Please + <STRONG>do not ever</STRONG> send such files via mail! Upload it, and send + only the path/filename of the file on the FTP-server. If the file is + accessible on the net, then sending the <STRONG>exact</STRONG> URL is + sufficient.</P> -<P><B>For crashes</B></P> +<H4>For crashes</H4> <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> +<H4>How to extract meaningful information from a core dump</H4> <P>Please create following command file:</P> @@ -199,25 +198,25 @@ printf "esp=%08lX\n",$esp<BR> printf "ebp=%08lX\n",$ebp<BR> printf "edi=%08lX\n",$edi<BR> - printf "esi=%08lX\n",$esi<BR> - </CODE></P> + printf "esi=%08lX\n",$esi</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><B>How to conserve information about a reproducible crash</B></P> +<H4>How to conserve information about a reproducible crash</H4> -<P>Recompile <B>MPlayer</B> with debugging code enabled:</P> +Recompile <B>MPlayer</B> with debugging code enabled: <P><CODE> ./configure --enable-debug=3<BR> make</CODE></P> and then run <B>MPlayer</B> within gdb using: + <P><CODE> gdb mplayer</CODE></P> -<P>You are now within gdb. Type:</P> +You are now within gdb. Type: <P><CODE> run -v [options-to-mplayer] filename</code></P> @@ -230,14 +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> +<H3>General note</H3> <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> +<H2>I know what I am doing...</H2> <P>If you created a proper bug report following the steps above and you are confident it is a bug in <B>MPlayer</B>, not a compiler problem or broken |