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we will be unable to properly diagnose your problem otherwise.</P>
<P>An excellent and well written guide to asking questions in public forums is
<A HREF="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html">How To Ask
Questions The Smart Way</A> by Eric S. Raymond. If you follow these guidelines
you should be safe. But please understand that we all follow the mailing lists
voluntarily in our free time. We are very busy and cannot guarantee that you
will get a solution for your problem or even an answer.</P>
<A HREF="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html">How To Ask Questions The Smart Way</A>
by <A HREF="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</A>. There is another
called
<A HREF="http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html">How to Report Bugs Effectively</A>
by <A HREF="http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/">Simon Tatham</A>. If
you follow these guidelines you should be able to get help. But please
understand that we all follow the mailing lists voluntarily in our free time.
We are very busy and cannot guarantee that you will get a solution for your
problem or even an answer.</P>
<H3>Where to report bugs?</H3>
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<H4>System Information:</H4>
<UL>
<LI>Your Linux distribution or operating system e.g.:
<LI>Your Linux distribution or operating system and version e.g.:
<UL>
<LI>Red Hat 7.1</LI>
<LI>Slackware 7.0 + devel packs from 7.1 ...</LI>
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Please include these files:
<UL>
<LI>configure.log</LI>
<LI>config.h</LI>
<LI>config.mak</LI>
<LI>libvo/config.mak</LI>
<LI><CODE>config.h</CODE></LI>
<LI><CODE>config.mak</CODE></LI>
</UL>
Only if compilation fails below one of these directories, include these files:
<UL>
<LI><CODE>Gui/config.mak</CODE></LI>
<LI><CODE>libvo/config.mak</CODE></LI>
<LI><CODE>libao2/config.mak</CODE></LI>
</UL>
<H4>For configure problems</H4>
Include <CODE>configure.log</CODE>.
<H4>For playback problems</H4>
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<H4>For crashes</H4>
<P>If you have a core dump of the crash continue reading the next paragraph,
otherwise skip it.</P>
<H4>How to extract meaningful information from a core dump</H4>
<P>Please create the following command file:</P>
<P><CODE>disass $pc-32 $pc+32<BR>
info all-registers</CODE></P>
<P>Then simply execute the following on your command line:</P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>gdb mplayer --core=core -batch --command=command_file &gt; mplayer.bug</CODE></P>
<P>You have to run MPlayer inside <CODE>gdb</CODE> and send us the complete
output or if you have a core dump of the crash you can extract useful
information from the <CODE>Core</CODE> file. Here's how:</P>
<H4>How to conserve information about a reproducible crash</H4>
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<P><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;bt<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;disass $pc-32 $pc+32</CODE></P>
and send the complete output to us.
<H4>How to extract meaningful information from a core dump</H4>
<P>Please create the following command file:</P>
<P><CODE>disass $pc-32 $pc+32<BR>
info all-registers</CODE></P>
<P>Then simply execute the following on your command line:</P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>gdb mplayer --core=core -batch --command=command_file &gt; mplayer.bug</CODE></P>
<H3>General note</H3>