Newbie question about debugging and troubleshooting

[Vassilis Pandis]

> 
> Basically, I'm curious if there's a good reading list out
> there for bug hunters and troubleshooters (as opposed to
> hackers since that implies coding, which I'm not quite up to
> yet).  In other words, if something goes wrong on my system,
> how do I submit a useful bug report that hackers can trace,
> reproduce, and ultimately fix? (
> With thanks in advance,
> 

Hi,

Have you checked out the Wiki? It's an excellent starting point. Below are the most basic pages
(that lead to more and more pages :)

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HelpingWithBugs
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProcedures

Best regards,
Vassilis Pandis

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