alsa apport hook (Re: It is 2009 and I am still hearing my pc speaker)

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 02:16:31PM -0400, Mackenzie Morgan wrote:
> On Wednesday 08 April 2009 1:55:12 pm Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > If there are packages other than alsa-driver where it's appropriate to
> > include this information by default, it's very easy to add it to the apport
> > hook (one line).
> 
> Most sound driver bugs are supposed to be reported against linux, *not* alsa-
> driver (doesn't stop people from trying, though the DebuggingSoundProblems 
> wiki page says not to).  The driver stuff is included in the kernel.  Alsa-
> driver generates alsa-src, which is for compiling locally (usually w/ module 
> assistant) and is a rather pristine upstream tarball (none of Dan's & Luke's 
> patches) along with, as you said, alsa-base.

Indeed, I realize these packages don't actually contain the drivers we ship,
though I thought it made more sense to ship the hook with alsa-base than
in the kernel package.  It's easier to change there, and it can still be
used by any package.

Do you think that all kernel bugs should include the ALSA info as well?  If
so, that's easy to add to the kernel package hook.  If not, I think
apport-collect -p alsa-base is probably the best we can do for now, since we
don't know which bugs are ALSA-related until they get reviewed by a human.

There's some talk of adding more interactivity to ubuntu-bug in Karmic, so
we could ask enough questions to know what information to attach.

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 - mdz