Reporting bugs? On Wed, 17 Mar 2004, Ged Haywood wrote:
> Hi Stephen, > > On Wed, 17 Mar 2004, Stephen J. Gowdy wrote: > > > I'm not sure this should be in the FAQ > > It's already in the FAQ (Troubleshooting, question 1), I was just > trying to improve the answer. > > 73, > Ged. > > > > ... I think you could have edited out some of the less relevant > > > PCI details but I'm never really sure what's completely irrelevant > > > and what could possibly be useful for diagnosing problems. > > > > > > Could we have a consensus on that fromt the developers for future > > > reference? I'd like to see it in the FAQ. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Q: How do I report a bug? > > A:First make sure that it's a bug that hasn't yet been fixed. Try > using a recent stable kernel, the most current one if possible, to see > if the bug is still "alive". If it's fixed already, keep using that > kernel! Otherwise, once you've verified that the bug is still munching > away, post a good description of it to the right Linux-USB mailing > list. > > In addition to the information required in > /usr/src/linux/REPORTING-BUGS, it also helps enormously if you provide > the output of /proc/bus/usb/devices. If you are having problems with > your host controller being recognised, it helps to have the output of > lspci -v. [snip] > -- /------------------------------------+-------------------------\ |Stephen J. Gowdy | SLAC, MailStop 34, | |http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~gowdy/ | 2575 Sand Hill Road, | |http://calendar.yahoo.com/gowdy | Menlo Park CA 94025, USA | |EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Tel: +1 650 926 3144 | \------------------------------------+-------------------------/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
