Re: What to do with backtraces?
On Wed, 2006-10-04 at 23:38 +0000, Jörg Sommer wrote:
>
> my X server dies often. What should I do with the backtraces? I can't
> read them. Therefore I don't know if a backtrace belongs to an already
> reported bug or not. Should I file a new bugreport for every backtrace I
> get?
As server crashes are usually upstream bugs, you could search for the
function names at http://bugs.freedesktop.org and report them there if
there are no reports yet.
> BTW: How informative these backtraces are for you? Do you find bugs with
> them or do you need more informations?
They're a start, but a full backtrace from gdb is still often needed
even just for determining which component causes the crash.
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Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer
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