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

[Bryce Harrington]

On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 07:48:56PM +0100, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> 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.

It might be slick to have a means to file a bug based on "symptom".

 ubuntu-bug -s sound
 ubuntu-bug -s keyboard
 ubuntu-bug -p xorg -s resolution

I've noticed with using apport with X, that there is a stronger
correlation between files I want and the generic symptom, then there is
between them and the source package.  E.g., both "X crash" and "Big
fonts" are usually xorg-server bugs, however I need completely different
sets of files for each case.

I imagine the situation is probably even more extreme with the kernel.

Currently, I just pile everything I might possibly want into the generic
xorg package hook.  Being able to file based on symptom might enable
being more precise in what is collected, and save some bandwidth.

Bryce