Questions tagged [debug]

Debugging is a methodical process of finding and reducing the number of bugs, or defects, in a computer program

it involves numerous aspects, including: interactive debugging, control flow, integration testing, log files, monitoring (application, system), memory dumps, profiling, Statistical Process Control, and special design tactics to improve detection while simplifying changes.

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How do I debug when the system freezes or when it crashes back to login?

I am fairly new to Ubuntu and I was wonder what a good way is to debug when something crashes? For example: I installed 11.04 and the default media player banshee makes my laptop crash after a few minutes of playing music. Since the system…
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What's the time unit in /proc/lock_stat output

What is the time unit in the lock stat output from /proc/lock_stat? microsecond or nanosecond? class name con-bounces contentions waittime-min waittime-max waittime-total acq-bounces acquisitions holdtime-min holdtime-max…
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Should I install debug tools?

I've been a long time user of Ubuntu (Warty) Now I wonder if I should install debug tools for various installed software? I don't really understand how they work; for instance (have to be activated or work in the back ground and pickup errors or…
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What does this mean? `LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose glxinfo`?

I type this LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose glxinfo because its supposed to help debug video problems and I get this http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/944871/ What does it all mean? Where can I learn more? What do you do with it?
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