===== Reporting ===== ====== Step 3: Reporting back! ====== So, you [[https://wiki.xubuntu.org/qa/testing|tested]] the new version of Xubuntu and you noticed something that needs improving (bugs or usability suggestions). Great! Information you provide about what you noticed can help make Xubuntu better, stronger. Now Xubuntu needs to know what the issue is and what part of Xubuntu is giving trouble. So please report back to the Xubuntu community so that it can be considered for fixing. Below is a very simple overview to get you going. See the excellent [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs|Ubuntu Community Help Wiki]] for more info (remembering to substitute Xubuntu for Ubuntu in the IRC channel and mailing lists etc.) ===== Reporting an Installation: Using the ISO Tracker ===== We have a wiki [[https://wiki.xubuntu.org/qa/isotesting |page]] devoted to using the iso tracker. ===== Sharing a screenshot ===== Sometimes it's easier to show than tell and so sharing your screenshot has been made easy. Just press the ''PrintScreen-button'' on your keyboard, select "host on imgur", click "ok" to upload your screen to Imgur, and then the next dialogue contains the link that points to it. Copy the link into your bug-mail, the IRC-channel, or the bug report. Only need to share your active window? Press ''ALT-PrintScreen''. NB: Actually, sharing a screenshot is so easy that you may forget to check if there is something in the screenshot - in the background, top panel, left, right- that you may not want to share on Imgur. Remember: your screenshot on Imgur is for all the world to see. ===== Launchpad ===== Xubuntu uses [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Launchpad |Launchpad]] for bug reporting. To report bugs you will need an account. An [[https://login.ubuntu.com/+login|'Ubuntu One' account]] allows you to log in to all the Xubuntu and Ubuntu services and sites, including Launchpad. ===== Reporting issues ===== Several types of issues may occur: * an application crashes, with a dialogue to report the crash * an application crashed, without a dialogue to report the crash * you may not know which application has crashed * your whole system may crash * you may notice things that, though they work, are not quite right, could work better, or are not user-friendly enough. In any of these cases you need the Launchpad-account you set up above to report back. ==== An application crashes, and there's a dialogue to report the crash ==== In most cases the operating system will automatically start the "ubuntu-bug" application **Apport** to produce a crash report and show you a dialogue in which you can choose to report the issue. Simply follow the instructions. ==== An application crashes, but there is no dialogue to report the crash ==== __You know the name of the application:__ If, after a crash, there is no dialogue asking you to report the crash, you can press ''ALT-F2'' to open the Run Command dialogue, or press ''CTRL-ALT-T'' to open a terminal, type ''ubuntu-bug '' (substituting ) and press ''ENTER''. Then simply follow the instructions. __You don't know the right package name of the application:__ If the application that crashed still has an open window: press ''ALT-F2'' to open the Run Command dialogue, or press ''CTRL-ALT-T'' to open a terminal and type ''ubuntu-bug -w''. An 'X' will appear. Then click on the window of the application you want to report against and just follow the instructions. ==== You don't know which application has the problem ==== [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage|Here]] are instructions to find the right package. ==== Your whole system crashed ==== You might find [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DebuggingSystemCrash|Debugging System Crashes]] helpful. Reporting system crashes is slightly more complex. But don't worry if you don't manage: just start reporting 'normal bugs'. As you get in the swing of things you will learn how to do more and more. ==== You want to ask a question, or notice things that should work better or need to be more user friendly ==== Even if there are no crashes you can head over to Launchpad. You can [[https://answers.launchpad.net/|ask questions]] if anything is unclear, or if you are not sure if what you are seeing is a bug or not. You can also suggest improvements to a package by simply reporting it as a [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs|bug]] on Launchpad. ===== Reporting an issue directly to launchpad ===== It is possible to directly report a bug through Launchpad. Find the Launchpad page for the application by typing ''%%https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/PACKAGENAME/+filebug%%'' into the address bar of your browser, replacing PACKAGENAME by the packagename you want to report the bug against, and you will be able to report your issue. Fore example; to report a bug for **xubuntu-meta**, type ''https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xubuntu-meta/+filebug''. ===== Duplicates ===== You may not be the first to notice the bug. In many cases the ubuntu-bug Apport application will check if the crash you experienced has been reported before. If so you will be directed to the appropriate place on launchpad, and you can then add any information you think helpful, and mark yourself as "affected too". If in doubt: do report a new bug, as no bug should remain unreported. ====== Thank You! ====== So, hopefully now you should know enough to get going with testing and becoming a part of the Xubuntu Community. But, please do remember that if you are not sure of **anything** just ask one of your Xubuntu colleagues via the mailing list or IRC and they will be more than happy to help you help the Xubuntu community.