From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christos Gkekas Subject: Re: How to find bugs to fix Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2018 10:15:21 +0000 Message-ID: <20180203101303.GA6747@inspiron> References: <20180201002258.GA6807@u.boisestate.edu> <20180202185521.GA18791@u.boisestate.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:in-reply-to; bh=9tSjPKs/M3wFg6/WyQQ6CUINwaLpZoHGmhEXQURKodM=; b=d3GfkaXbmoHmCEyRlvO+icmS8hm7oFoNt8ButiImjFWct+DVJoHtODmnmeU2RQbveW 5ZGf9e7MA1Tb3UABEM4svvneO5bCbCcUi1ZqG0ZFy8cgr8BAuRFYkGnYwZLfI3oib0Sj B/3ik/66WCGIIgM7D1mX6GDCAww04lJKYx2flaKjCfaulc5FxWoxfN+dPUSp25KorMBr OgWIGdQPBG4zMCvasytiCwpYtRvqQuTPK+N06mYes84EeHX1Oo06VUMwhemJh4yTP2xz eGIgMhF20E2HETDfgCwxtnWFC3QGgQ8NnqbkdOyTvAfzeW+u0op+lXmU8xSZdMvjcw65 3emQ== Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20180202185521.GA18791@u.boisestate.edu> Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Joshua Chamberlain Cc: Eric Curtin , linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org On 02/02/18 11:55:22 -0700, Joshua Chamberlain wrote: > Thanks for the input. I was hoping to fix bugs that were affecting many > people, not just me. > > I just tried all my USB devices I had lying around, > but could not find any bugs. I didn't think to check the buttons on my > laptop, so thanks for that! > > The bugs that I tend to see on laptops seem to not be a part of the OS > itself. For instance, when I resume my laptop from hibernation, the > networking interface doesn't work, which I think is an issue somehwere > in Ubuntu. I can't believe I'm complaining about this, but LINUX IS TOO > STABLE! > > Thanks though... > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs Hi Josh, I would highly recommend browsing the Kernel newbies site here: https://kernelnewbies.org/ It contains a lot of information to get you started, including how to navigate through the Linux code, how the development process works, how to locate bugs, submit patches and so on. I think it is important to read through this material if you have not already done so. Additionally you can compile the kernel and have a look at the warnings that gcc generates during compilation. The majority of them will be red herrings, but some of them can point to genuine issues with the code and actual bugs. I think that is a good way to get started. Regards, Christos -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs