thorson@typhoon.atmos.colostate.edu (Bill Thorson) (04/12/91)
I have a bug in my Xserver. I have tracked it down to one X call and now I would like to know how I would go about reporting this bug and who I would report it to. I'm also unclear as to what I should include in any bug report to help with tracking it down farther. Bill Thorson #!/bin/sh #-----------------------------------------------------------------------# echo Bill Thorson thorson@typhoon.atmos.colostate.edu echo Dept of Atmospheric Science +1 303 491-8339 echo Colorado State University echo Ft. Collins, CO 80523 Cray||Sun||Amiga -- I can't decide? #-----------------------------------------------------------------------#
mouse@lightning.mcrcim.mcgill.EDU (der Mouse) (04/13/91)
> I have a bug in my Xserver. I have tracked it down to one X call and > now I would like to know how I would go about reporting this bug and > who I would report it to. Generally, you should complain to the place you got X. If it came pre-installed on your machine, for example, do whatever you normally do for reporting bugs to your vendor. If you've got MIT R4, there's a bug report form on the distribution tape in mit/doc/bugs/bug-report. > I'm also unclear as to what I should include in any bug report to > help with tracking it down farther. As much as you can, basically. The MIT form asks you to state the machine and operating system the client runs on, the type of display you're using, the window manager you're using, two descriptions (short and long) of the problem, and how to duplicate it. Normally, the last field is filled in by providing a stripped-down test program to illustrate the bug. der Mouse old: mcgill-vision!mouse new: mouse@larry.mcrcim.mcgill.edu