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Re: Ubuntu audio bug reporting inquiry

 

I don't have a machine handy to test with, but try using "-s audio".  It
looks like the apport-bug man page may need to be updated.


On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 12:22 PM, Christopher Penalver <
christopher.m.penalver@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Dear Ubuntu Audio Developers / Ubuntu Bug Control:
>
> Hello. I am e-mailing to inquire about how one reports Ubuntu audio
> bugs on Launchpad. As per
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingSoundProblems the requested method is
> via a terminal:
> ubuntu-bug audio
>
> However, one is unable to do this, as per Marco Laverdière's (CC'ed)
> below forwarded e-mail, and confirmed on my system:
>
> lsb_release -rd
> Description:    Ubuntu 12.10
> Release:        12.10
>
> apt-cache policy audio
> N: Unable to locate package audio
>
> apt-cache policy apport
> apport:
>   Installed: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6
>   Candidate: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6
>   Version table:
>  *** 2.6.1-0ubuntu6 0
>         900 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates/main i386
> Packages
>         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>      2.6.1-0ubuntu3 0
>         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main i386 Packages
>
> Would this be a bug in apport?
>
> Thank you for your time and consideration in this matter and I look
> forward to your response.
>
> --
> Christopher M. Penalver
> E-Mail: christopher.m.penalver@xxxxxxxxx
> https://launchpad.net/~penalvch
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Marco Laverdière <marco.laverdiere@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 5:48 AM
> Subject: Re: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1066353
> To: "Christopher M. Penalver" <christopher.m.penalver@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> Hi Christopher,
>
> Actually, I filled the report using "ubuntu-bug linux" since I thought
> that it was a kernel bug.  Now, if I try with "ubuntu-bug sound" it
> gives me an error "package sound doesn't exist"...
>
> What do you want me to do then?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marco Laverdière
>
>
> Le 2012-11-06 21:45, Christopher M. Penalver a écrit :
>
> mlaverdiere, hey I wanted to e-mail you directly in order not to spam up
> your bug report
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1066353 .
>
> When you initially filed this report, did you do so via:
> ubuntu-bug sound
>
> If you did not, could you please do this? As per the Ubuntu Audio team
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingSoundProblems this is the method to
> report audio/sound bugs. As well, we can just mark
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1066353 a duplicate
> of the new report generated via:
> ubuntu-bug sound
>
> Also, many of the Sound triagers may not be viewing your report, as it
> was not filed in the way designated by the Ubuntu Audio team.
>
> Thank you for your time and consideration in this matter and I look
> forward to your response.
>
> --
> Christopher M. Penalver
> E-Mail: christopher.m.penalver@xxxxxxxxx
> https://launchpad.net/~penalvch
>
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