X-Git-Url: https://git.sur5r.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2Fdebugging;h=dd26f98d924b3783a79a09fb9b0e64ce15a25d94;hb=90dd84ee627863f0ac5d9ae613d5a19926792545;hp=cf61813d4789b52c1c4791f4b28f92698c73e4b2;hpb=da064cc08f1c4cbd5c7d03b93c75a75b997f4ddb;p=i3%2Fi3 diff --git a/docs/debugging b/docs/debugging index cf61813d..dd26f98d 100644 --- a/docs/debugging +++ b/docs/debugging @@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ if you can. 4.7-85-g9c15b95 (development version):: Your version is 85 commits newer than 4.7, and the git revision of your -version is +9c15b95+. Go to http://code.i3wm.org/i3/commit/?h=next and see if -the line "commit" starts with the same revision. If so, you are using the +version is +9c15b95+. Go to https://github.com/i3/i3/commits/next and see if +the most recent commit starts with the same revision. If so, you are using the latest version. Development versions of i3 have logging enabled by default and are compiled @@ -93,18 +93,25 @@ issue with the software in question, not i3. == Obtaining the debug logfile -Please note that log files may contain sensitive data such as window titles. +[CAUTION] +================================================================================ +Logs may contain sensitive information, so please inspect the log before +submitting it. Logs may be viewed by anyone, once posted. If you choose to +redact the log, make an effort not to discard information which may be relevant +to the issue you are reporting. + The best way to avoid submitting such information is to only run the necessary -applications to reproduce the behavior when saving the log file. This will also -make analyzing the log file easier. +steps to reproduce the behavior when saving the log file. This will also make +analyzing the log file easier. +================================================================================ No matter whether i3 misbehaved in some way without crashing or whether it just crashed, the logfile provides all information necessary to debug the problem. To upload a compressed version of the logfile (for a bugreport), use: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -DISPLAY=:0 i3-dump-log | bzip2 -c | curl --data-binary @- http://logs.i3wm.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +DISPLAY=:0 i3-dump-log | bzip2 -c | curl --data-binary @- https://logs.i3wm.org +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This command does not depend on i3 (it also works while i3 displays the crash dialog), but it requires a working X11 connection. @@ -146,17 +153,18 @@ When sending bug reports, please attach the *whole* log file. Even if you think you found the section which clearly highlights the problem, additional information might be necessary to completely diagnose the problem. -When debugging with us in IRC, be prepared to use a so called nopaste service -such as http://nopaste.info or http://pastebin.com because pasting large -amounts of text in IRC sometimes leads to incomplete lines (servers have line -length limitations) or flood kicks. +When debugging with us in IRC, be prepared to use a so-called nopaste service +such as https://pastebin.com because pasting large amounts of text in IRC +sometimes leads to incomplete lines (servers have line length limitations) or +flood kicks. == Debugging i3bar -To debug i3bar problems, add +verbose yes+ to all +bar {}+ blocks in your i3 config -and then restart all i3bar instances like this: +To debug i3bar problems, add +verbose yes+ to all +bar {}+ blocks in your i3 +config, reload your config and then restart all i3bar instances like this: --------------------------------------------------------------------- +$ i3 reload $ killall i3bar $ for c in $(i3-msg -t get_bar_config | python -c \ 'import json,sys;print("\n".join(json.load(sys.stdin)))'); do \