Re: bugzilla advice.

[Aaron Konstam <akonstam sbcglobal net>]

On Mon, 2007-02-05 at 20:56 +0200, Gilboa Davara wrote:
> > I have been roundly scolded for not using bugzilla so let me
> illustrate
> > my current problem with this technique.
> > 
> > 1. Currently on my FC6 machine gnome-cd crashes with a segmentation
> > fault when run. No errors are placed in log/messages.. Exactly what
> > information can I send to bugzilla to allow this to be debugged. On
> the
> > other hand grip refuses to admit that the CD is available even
> though
> > its icon appears on the desktop. Again no error messages appear
> except
> > that the grip window shows nothing to play, so what bugzilla
> information
> > would be helpful. 
> 
> In general:
> 1. Get the crash trace. (strace)
>     strace gnome-cd > gnome-cd-trace.log 2>&1
> 2. Try running gnome-cd under a debugger. (gdb)
>     $ gdb gnome-cd
>     > run
>     <gnome-cd dies>
>     > bt
>     <copy the output from the terminal to the bug report>
>     > quit
I files a bugzilla along these lines yesterday.
-- 
Aaron Konstam <akonstam sbcglobal net>