Re: bug reporting and packages

2016-04-04 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 4/4/16, Alan Fujinami wrote: > Hi, > I was going to use the bugreport feature of my Debian 8.3 install... it say > if I don't know the package then I should contact you... > my bug is that I have a ps2mouse. Whenever the computer goes into > screensaver mode, the mouse icon disappears. I have t

bug reporting and packages

2016-04-03 Thread Alan Fujinami
Hi, I was going to use the bugreport feature of my Debian 8.3 install... it say if I don't know the package then I should contact you... my bug is that I have a ps2mouse. Whenever the computer goes into screensaver mode, the mouse icon disappears. I have to reboot to bring it back. I tried modpr

bug reporting, repositories and distros

2015-11-19 Thread David Cimadevilla
I have installed solydk, a debian jessie based distro. In the latest update one of the installed packages messed up all my kde/qt apps. This package comes from debian jessie security updates repository. Installing the previous version of the package the issue goes away. Since extrictily I am

Re: Bug Reporting

2015-08-15 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 04:16:33AM +0800, Nafiez wrote: > Hi, > > I wanted to ask on what is the process to submit bug via e-mail. Can you > help? I assume you are talking about reporting a bug against a Debian package: there's a comand for that call

Re: Bug Reporting

2015-08-15 Thread Francesco Ariis
On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 04:16:33AM +0800, Nafiez wrote: > Hi, > > I wanted to ask on what is the process to submit bug via e-mail. Can you > help? > > Thank you, > Nafiez > Hello Nafiez, you usually report bugs via reportbug (open a terminal, type `reportbug ` and follow the instructions).

Bug Reporting

2015-08-15 Thread Nafiez
Hi, I wanted to ask on what is the process to submit bug via e-mail. Can you help? Thank you, Nafiez

Re: BUG in bug reporting instructions

2012-08-14 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 13 Aug 2012 15:32:50 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > Sequence of events: > 1. found a problem on > http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Preseed [inconsistent links] > 2. at bottom of page was link [labeled 'bugs'] to > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=wiki.debian.org;dist=

Re: BUG in bug reporting instructions

2012-08-14 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 13 aug 12, 15:32:50, Richard Owlett wrote: > Sequence of events: > 1. found a problem on http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Preseed > [inconsistent links] > 2. at bottom of page was link [labeled 'bugs'] to > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=wiki.debian.org;dist=unstable

BUG in bug reporting instructions

2012-08-13 Thread Richard Owlett
Sequence of events: 1. found a problem on http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Preseed [inconsistent links] 2. at bottom of page was link [labeled 'bugs'] to http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=wiki.debian.org;dist=unstable . <*Problem 1* - Designation internal to URL of "unst

Re: Bug reporting

2012-02-02 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Jo, 02 feb 12, 07:42:46, Rob Owens wrote: > > > If you tell reportbug that you do not have an smtp server, it will use a > Debian smtp server. My .reportbugrc has this line: > > smtphost reportbug.debian.org +1 for this method. I know the wording is not very... obvious, but read the message

Re: Bug reporting

2012-02-02 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:38:37 -0800, Gary Roach wrote: > I've been using Debian for years and still can't seem to submit a bug > report successfully. One of the main problems is that I have no mail > server active on my system. I use Icedove. I have tried to setup exim > several times and have alw

Re: Bug reporting

2012-02-02 Thread Rob Owens
On Wed, Feb 01, 2012 at 01:38:37PM -0800, Gary Roach wrote: > I've been using Debian for years and still can't seem to submit a > bug report successfully. One of the main problems is that I have no > mail server active on my system. I use Icedove. I have tried to > setup exim several times and hav

Re: Bug reporting

2012-02-01 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:38:37 -0800 Gary Roach wrote: > I've been using Debian for years and still can't seem to submit a bug > report successfully. One of the main problems is that I have no mail > server active on my system. I use Icedove. I have tried to setup exim > several times and have

Re: Bug reporting

2012-02-01 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2012 01 Feb 17:04 -0600, Gary Roach wrote: > I've been using Debian for years and still can't seem to submit a > bug report successfully. One of the main problems is that I have no > mail server active on my system. I use Icedove. I have tried to > setup exim several times and have always giv

Re: Bug reporting

2012-02-01 Thread Bob Proulx
Gary Roach wrote: > I've been using Debian for years and still can't seem to submit a > bug report successfully. One of the main problems is that I have no > mail server active on my system. I use Icedove. I have tried to > setup exim several times and have always given up in disgust. The > instru

Re: Bug reporting

2012-02-01 Thread green
Gary Roach wrote at 2012-02-01 15:38 -0600: > I've been using Debian for years and still can't seem to submit a > bug report successfully. One of the main problems is that I have no > mail server active on my system. I use Icedove. You should be able to just use reportbug's SMTP options with cred

Re: Bug reporting

2012-02-01 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 4:38 PM, Gary Roach wrote: > > I've been using Debian for years and still can't seem to submit a bug report > successfully.  One of the main problems is that I have no mail server active > on my system. I use Icedove. I have tried to setup exim several times and > have alway

Bug reporting

2012-02-01 Thread Gary Roach
I've been using Debian for years and still can't seem to submit a bug report successfully. One of the main problems is that I have no mail server active on my system. I use Icedove. I have tried to setup exim several times and have always given up in disgust. The instructions for reporting by

Re: I don't understand why bug reporting bothers you

2010-09-29 Thread s. keeling
T o n g : > On Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:20:00 +, s. keeling wrote: > > > Damn, you're prolific. How anyone can come up with as many problems to > > post about as you do, I'll never understand. Sorry, that was unkind. It was just the impression I felt at the time after so long watching. > > Thi

Re: Bug-Reporting

2007-09-24 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [redirect to debian-user-german. Request for asking smart questions.] Ralph Rupprich wrote: > Hallo liebe Leute, Hallo Ralph, wir haben auf der englischsprachigen Debian-user-Mailingliste deinen Eintrag gefunden, der sich dort nicht zuordnen lässt,

Bug-Reporting

2007-09-24 Thread Ralph Rupprich
Hallo liebe Leute, ich hab an meinem Notebook einen Fehler und kann den nicht zuordnen. Nach willkürlicher Laufzeit schaltet sich der USB-Controller oder der interne USB-Hub einfach ab, aber nicht komplett. Geräte, die zum Abschaltzeitpunkt noch angesteckt sind, haben zwar noch Strom, bekommen

Re: Bug Reporting for Woody & Sarge Installations

2004-11-21 Thread Wim De Smet
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 11:50:42 -0600, John J Waldeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was directed to file bug reports for installations of Woody > (which failed with a P4 system), and Sarge (which failed on a P3 system > and succeeded on a P4 system). My question is which package should I > i

Bug Reporting for Woody & Sarge Installations

2004-11-21 Thread John J Waldeck
I was directed to file bug reports for installations of Woody (which failed with a P4 system), and Sarge (which failed on a P3 system and succeeded on a P4 system). My question is which package should I indicate for the bug reports? jjwdeck _

Re: debian bug reporting

2003-09-26 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 02:30:32AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 08:11:02PM +1200, Paul William wrote: > > If there is a bug in a debian package and you are 90% sure its the > > upstream developers fault should you still report it and let the > > packager forward it upstream?

Re: debian bug reporting

2003-09-26 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Arnt Karlsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 10:30:07 -0500, > John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Peter writes: > > > You're not likely to piss off a DD by submitting a real bug > > > (speaking as a DD). > > > > I prefer that all bugs

Re: debian bug reporting

2003-09-26 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 10:30:07 -0500, John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Peter writes: > > You're not likely to piss off a DD by submitting a real bug > > (speaking as a DD). > > I prefer that all bugs in my packages, upstream or not, be reported > via the BTS

Re: debian bug reporting

2003-09-26 Thread John Hasler
Peter writes: > You're not likely to piss off a DD by submitting a real bug (speaking as > a DD). I prefer that all bugs in my packages, upstream or not, be reported via the BTS. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PR

Re: debian bug reporting

2003-09-26 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Paul William <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If there is a bug in a debian package and you are 90% sure its the > upstream developers fault should you still report it and let the > packager forward it upstream? I dont want to piss of debian packagers. You're not likely to piss off a DD by submitting

Re: debian bug reporting

2003-09-26 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 08:11:02PM +1200, Paul William wrote: > If there is a bug in a debian package and you are 90% sure its the > upstream developers fault should you still report it and let the > packager forward it upstream? I dont want to piss of

debian bug reporting

2003-09-25 Thread Paul William
Hi, If there is a bug in a debian package and you are 90% sure its the upstream developers fault should you still report it and let the packager forward it upstream? I dont want to piss of debian packagers. Cheers Paul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscr

Re: bug reporting about conflicts in sid

2001-09-29 Thread Blars Blarson
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 09:41:09AM -0700, Blars Blarson wrote: >> After getting sid successfully installed, I ran dselect to install the >> rest of the packages I wanted. There are a few complaints about >> recomended packages not being available, but the

Re: bug reporting about conflicts in sid

2001-09-28 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 09:41:09AM -0700, Blars Blarson wrote: > After getting sid successfully installed, I ran dselect to install the > rest of the packages I wanted. There are a few complaints about > recomended packages not being available, but the only real headake was > with olvwm. Apparent

bug reporting about conflicts in sid

2001-09-28 Thread Blars Blarson
Having a scratch monkey (I assume that story is still being told, even though it was old 25 years ago) temporarily available while waiting for the disk drives for my new (to me) computer, I descided to install sid and see what happened. (I've been running potato for a couple of months, and am much

Re: On bug reporting

2001-01-17 Thread Oliver Elphick
Enrico Zini wrote: >I would like to know if there are guidelines for bug reporting: I use >debian unstable, and I find bugs, but I don't report most of them for many >reasons. ... > - Evident bugs > > I work mainly offline, so I don't have constant acc

On bug reporting

2001-01-17 Thread Enrico Zini
Hello! I would like to know if there are guidelines for bug reporting: I use debian unstable, and I find bugs, but I don't report most of them for many reasons. I've never discussed these reasons with anyone. Now I would like to. I identified until now three kind of such unrep

Re: Help with bug-reporting

2000-12-17 Thread Colin Watson
Jeronimo Pellegrini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >If I file bug with the wrong severity, is it possible for me to >change it, or should I wait for the mantainer to do that? Yes, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with something like 'severity 9 wishlist', or whatever the bug number and new sev

Help with bug-reporting

2000-12-17 Thread Jeronimo Pellegrini
Hi. If I file bug with the wrong severity, is it possible for me to change it, or should I wait for the mantainer to do that? Is this documented somewhere? J. -- Jeronimo Pellegrini Institute of Computing - Unicamp - Brazil http://www.ic.unicamp.br/~jeronimo mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto

Re: Which bug reporting tool ?

2000-09-20 Thread kmself
On Wed, Sep 20, 2000 at 11:18:26AM +0200, Jérôme Lacoste ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello debian users, > > I am interested in Setting up a bug reporting tool for our internal projects > in my company. > > What would you use for a bug reporting system? > > I have se

Which bug reporting tool ?

2000-09-20 Thread Jérôme Lacoste
Hello debian users, I am interested in Setting up a bug reporting tool for our internal projects in my company. What would you use for a bug reporting system? I have seen several possibilities, among which: + debbugs + GNATS + Bugzilla but I do not have the time to study them all. Especially

Which bug reporting tool ?

2000-09-20 Thread Jérôme Lacoste
Hello debian users, I am interested in Setting up a bug reporting tool for our internal projects in my company. What would you use for a bug reporting system? I have seen several possibilities, among which: + debbugs + GNATS + Bugzilla but I do not have the time to study them all. Especially

Netscape bug-reporting address FOUND!

1999-06-28 Thread Daniel Barclay
In case anyone else ever needs it, I finally found the Netscape bug-reporting form, at http://help.netscape.com/forms/bug-client.html. (Tomorrow I'll see if I can check if the bug appears on Solaris.) Daniel

bug reporting

1999-06-03 Thread Mary K. Honeycutt
Hi, I'm fairly new to Linux and tried to build a package on my slink system using a potato source package (apsfilter-5.1.1). I couldn't build it with dbuild as the error message said that the diff file was larger than expected and exited. When I used just the source and used deb-make/build it q

Re: Bug reporting proceedure, was Re: Bug#24066: libc6: rsh segfaults as , a result of new libc 2.0.7r2

1998-07-16 Thread Raul Miller
Pat Kennedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just from the point of view of a typical user, eg, me just doing > a quick scan of the debian-user archives doesn't take all that long. > They're very up-to-date, usually just a day or so behind. Browsing > the archives with navigator presents a nice thr

Re: Bug reporting proceedure, was Re: Bug#24066: libc6: rsh segfaults as , a result of new libc 2.0.7r2

1998-07-16 Thread Pat Kennedy
He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder. -- M.C. Escher On Wed, 15 Jul 1998, Raul Miller wrote: > Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Well, I disagree with this point of view. Yes, Debian wishes to support > > > newcomers to Linux. That is why we have

Re: Bug reporting proceedure, was Re: Bug#24066: libc6: rsh segfaults as , a result of new libc 2.0.7r2

1998-07-16 Thread Bill Bell
gt; >Cc: Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Rob Browning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, debian-devel@lists.debian.org, > debian-user@lists.debian.org, debian-policy@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: Bug reporting proceedure, was Re: Bug#24066: libc6: rsh segfaults as , a result of new li

Re: Bug reporting proceedure, was Re: Bug#24066: libc6: rsh segfaults as , a result of new libc 2.0.7r2

1998-07-16 Thread Raul Miller
Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Well, I disagree with this point of view. Yes, Debian wishes to support > > newcomers to Linux. That is why we have debian-user. We have a > > responsibility to those new users to "train" them to be "free" users. > > They can only do that if they become

Re: Bug reporting proceedure, was Re: Bug#24066: libc6: rsh segfaults as , a result of new libc 2.0.7r2

1998-07-15 Thread John Goerzen
Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Suggesting, even strongly, that it is proper proceedure when submitting a > bug, to research the bug reporting system first, and provide useful > information second, doesn't seem onerous to me, and has several practical > uses fo

Re: Bug reporting proceedure, was Re: Bug#24066: libc6: rsh segfaults as , a result of new libc 2.0.7r2

1998-07-15 Thread John Goerzen
Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Well, I disagree with this point of view. Yes, Debian wishes to support > newcomers to Linux. That is why we have debian-user. We have a > responsibility to those new users to "train" them to be "free" users. > They can only do that if they become familia

Re: Bug reporting proceedure, was Re: Bug#24066: libc6: rsh segfaults as , a result of new libc 2.0.7r2

1998-07-01 Thread Ed Cogburn
ell them of the existence not only of www.debian.org but this user > > mailing list as well. Don't assume every person is going to come to > > www.debian.org right off the bat on their own initiative, discover the > > mailing lists (and figure out how to sign themselves up),

Re: Bug reporting proceedure, was Re: Bug#24066: libc6: rsh segfaults as , a result of new libc 2.0.7r2

1998-06-30 Thread Dale Scheetz
On 30 Jun 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > >>"Dale" == Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Dale> I never said "demand" anything. I am talking about "higher > Dale> education" for users, not binding them to a post in the town > Dale> square and giving them 20 lashes. > > ;-

Re: Bug reporting proceedure, was Re: Bug#24066: libc6: rsh segfaults as , a result of new libc 2.0.7r2

1998-06-30 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Dale" == Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Dale> I never said "demand" anything. I am talking about "higher Dale> education" for users, not binding them to a post in the town Dale> square and giving them 20 lashes. ;-) Well said. I agree with this post, completely. (If yo

Re: Bug reporting proceedure, was Re: Bug#24066: libc6: rsh segfaults as , a result of new libc 2.0.7r2

1998-06-30 Thread Dale Scheetz
ple who are casual users > too, I think. And we should address them as potential contributors as well, providing the instructions that will make them better "casual users". You have been making the case for "why we are all about sofware freedom" with reguard to the "

Re: Bug reporting proceedure, was Re: Bug#24066: libc6: rsh segfaults as , a result of new libc 2.0.7r2

1998-06-30 Thread Ed Cogburn
m we provide, the user bears some > responsibility in the maintainance of the products they use. I suggest > that any bug report that says no more than "xxx is broken" is a useless > report submitted by a lazy user, and, until more information is > forthcoming, is not likely to produce results. >

Re: Bug reporting proceedure, was Re: Bug#24066: libc6: rsh segfaults as , a result of new libc 2.0.7r2

1998-06-30 Thread Adam P. Harris
Geeze, the crossposting is horrendous. I don't see this as a policy issue, so followups to debian-devel or debian-user only please. Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 29 Jun 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > Make bug reporting any more onerous than it is, a

Re: Bug reporting proceedure, was Re: Bug#24066: libc6: rsh segfaults as , a result of new libc 2.0.7r2

1998-06-30 Thread Manoj Srivastava
none. People are lazy. Mandate more work for a bug report, people won't report bugs. You are thinking from a "We are all contributors" mind set; which is nice, but we have to address people who are casual users too, I think. >> Make bug reporting any more onerous t

Re: Bug reporting proceedure, was Re: Bug#24066: libc6: rsh segfaults as , a result of new libc 2.0.7r2

1998-06-30 Thread Dale Scheetz
in the free software community, that this is a bogus position. Because of the freedom we provide, the user bears some responsibility in the maintainance of the products they use. I suggest that any bug report that says no more than "xxx is broken" is a useless report submitted by a lazy

Re: Bug reporting proceedure, was Re: Bug#24066: libc6: rsh segfaults as , a result of new libc 2.0.7r2

1998-06-30 Thread Rob Browning
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Make bug reporting any more onerous than it is, and peole > merely stop filing reports. I suppose there is something to that. > For the most part the maintainer knows the bugs on a package > better than an

Re: Bug reporting proceedure, was Re: Bug#24066: libc6: rsh segfaults as , a result of new libc 2.0.7r2

1998-06-30 Thread Manoj Srivastava
I often do. I find an error, usually that by itself is a frustrating experience, also, it is likely to be in the middle of a largish upgrade (I upgrade ever so often). I am not into going over and looking up stuff in the archive for a dozen pacxkages; I just send a report. Make bug repor

Re: Bug reporting proceedure, was Re: Bug#24066: libc6: rsh segfaults as , a result of new libc 2.0.7r2

1998-06-29 Thread Rob Browning
Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What I am requesting is that the submitter of a bug take some time, in > exchange for the time they expect from the maintainer, and verify that the > bug has not been reported already. If it has, it is appropriate to send > the maintainer a confirmation t

Bug reporting proceedure, was Re: Bug#24066: libc6: rsh segfaults as , a result of new libc 2.0.7r2

1998-06-29 Thread Dale Scheetz
Before I start whining ;-) I want to thank Steve for the useful information in his bug report, and although his bug report is a duplicate report, and that is what I am here to complain about, I appreciate his report and am not directing this at him specifically. I have never experienced this probe

Re: Bug reporting mode?

1997-04-09 Thread Barry A. Warsaw
>>>>> "KMH" == Karl M Hegbloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: KMH> Is there a bug reporting mode for reporting XEmacs crashes KMH> and package blonk spiels? Well reporter.el is something I wrote a while back that package authors can use for bug reports.

Bug reporting mode?

1997-04-09 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
Is there a bug reporting mode for reporting XEmacs crashes and package blonk spiels? I just upgraded to Debian 1.3 GNU/Linux, and there's a 'bug' command now for filing bugs on packages. It works really well! :-) I think that it will really help to even further improve the