How do I report bugs?

Kind of 'starter package' to your questions.
#1
How to report bugs and find the right package.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage

#2
Debug suspend/hibernate
Packages: e.g. gnome-power-manager, pm-utils
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Specs/JauntySuspendResumeHibernate
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingKernelSuspendHibernateResume
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingKernelSuspend
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingGNOMEPowerManager

#3
Encryption option is offered on AlternateCD
https://help.ubuntu.com/9.10/installation-guide/index.html
https://help.ubuntu.com/9.10/installation-guide/i386/mount-encrypted-volumes.html

#4
Options to install from USB stick and debug CD
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick
https://help.ubuntu.com/9.10/installation-guide/i386/boot-troubleshooting.html

#5
Debug sound issues
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=843012
http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/TroubleShooting
http://www.pulseaudio.org/wiki/PerfectSetup
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingSoundProblems
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshooting
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshootingProcedure

## Using a GUI to control settings, install
gnome-alsamixer
e.g. via Synaptic
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticHowto
or CLI method
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AptGet/Howto

Make sure nothing is muted.
Enable PCM, Mic, Mic capture and in case Line-in, you need to experiment with settings and also within the application preferences, e.g. Skype. (see pulseaudio Wiki)

## 'All in one' debug page
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProcedures

> several UI bugs

Please ask separate questions for each issue, in order to help others which might have the same problem.
Please try to be as specific as possible, keeping in mind the other person doesn't sit beside you.
You may search the web for solutions, e.g. with exact wording of error message.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CommonQuestions
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+faqs

Thanks for your efforts and helping to make Ubuntu better.

> Kind of 'starter package' to your questions.
> #1
> How to report bugs and find the right package.
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage

Ok. Thanks for that.

> #2
> Debug suspend/hibernate
> Packages: e.g. gnome-power-manager, pm-utils
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Specs/JauntySuspendResumeHibernate
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingKernelSuspendHibernateResume
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingKernelSuspend
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingGNOMEPowerManager

I will look into that for debugging. However, I still think it needs to be reported as a bug.

> #3
> Encryption option is offered on AlternateCD
> https://help.ubuntu.com/9.10/installation-guide/index.html
> https://help.ubuntu.com/9.10/installation-guide/i386/mount-encrypted-volumes.html

This is correct. Unfortuneately, there is no alternate installer for Ubuntu Netbook Remix.
Are there no plans to support whole disk encryption on the live cd? If so, I think it is sad that so many people will miss out on this great security feature.
Also, I think it is quite a big problem that it is practically impossible to install UNR with whole disk encryption on a netbook. Netbooks are very small and portable. Thus, they are more vulnerable to theft. (Much easier to steal a little lightweight object than a bigger heavier one. Also a netbook will probably be taken to places where you wouldn't bring your laptop). Whole disk encryption becomse *very* useful if the computer is stolen. Normally, you don't want some unknown criminal to have a copy of all your private data.

There is a brainstorm idea on this feature already: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/22860/
I hope you will vote for it.

> #4
> Options to install from USB stick and debug CD
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick
> https://help.ubuntu.com/9.10/installation-guide/i386/boot-troubleshooting.html

I am aware of these pages. I have tried doing just what they suggest. It does not help.
When installing my UNR on my netbook, I had to jump through uncountable hoops, because the alternate iso on a USB stick will not detect the CDROM. (There *is* no CDROM!).
It will, however, boot the installer from the USB. It goes fine until it reaches the point where it needs to find packages on the CDROM.

> #5
> Debug sound issues
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=843012
> http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/TroubleShooting
> http://www.pulseaudio.org/wiki/PerfectSetup
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingSoundProblems
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshooting
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshootingProcedure

> ## Using a GUI to control settings, install
> gnome-alsamixer
> e.g. via Synaptic
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticHowto
> or CLI method
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AptGet/Howto

> Make sure nothing is muted.
> Enable PCM, Mic, Mic capture and in case Line-in, you need to experiment with settings and also within the application preferences, e.g. Skype. (see pulseaudio Wiki)

> ## 'All in one' debug page
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProcedures

Thanks for the resources. I will try to trouble shoot this further. However, it does not work out of the box, thus it is a bug and should be reported and eventually addressed.

> > several UI bugs

> Please ask separate questions for each issue, in order to help others which might have the same problem.
> Please try to be as specific as possible, keeping in mind the other person doesn't sit beside you.
> You may search the web for solutions, e.g. with exact wording of error message.

> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CommonQuestions
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+faqs

UI bugs almost always require a screenshot. Where do I attach this?

At the bottom of bug reports, below the comment field, you'll find:
+Add attachment or patch

#3.1.
other encryption options
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EncryptedHome
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EncryptedPrivateDirectory
http://bodhizazen.net/Tutorials/Ecryptfs/
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/TrueCrypt

#4.1.
if the advise from page
>If you get "Incorrect CD-ROM detected" error on detection stage, reboot, press F6 and then ESC to go to manual boot line editing, and add the option 'cdrom-detect/try-usb=true'.<
doesn't help file a bug or search the web.

Example option found: to install 8.04 (Hardy) LTS and upgrade later this year to 10.04.
Seemed to work for this user.
http://ulyssesonline.com/2009/04/27/netbook-remix-on-the-lenovo-s10/
http://www.linux-netbook.com/video/ubuntu-netbook-remix-910-on-a-lenovo-s10
https://launchpad.net/netbook-remix

https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/netbook-remix

> At the bottom of bug reports, below the comment field, you'll find:
> +Add attachment or patch

Yes. For bug reports. But I was thinking about for questions.
I would like to report these UI bugs. However, doing so require me to attach files. And it seems that the new bug report procedure requires me to use the ubuntu-bug program. Before, I could just report bugs via Launchpad website.
And it was easy to attach screenshots. It was also easy to report bugs, where you did not know the exact package name.

> #3.1.
> other encryption options
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EncryptedHome
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EncryptedPrivateDirectory

There are not feasable alternatives to whole disk encryption. Private information can still be read in /var/log and swap.

> http://bodhizazen.net/Tutorials/Ecryptfs/
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/TrueCrypt

Truecrypt does not seem to be supported by Ubuntu.

> #4.1.
> if the advise from page
> >If you get "Incorrect CD-ROM detected" error on detection stage, reboot, press F6 and then ESC to go to manual boot line editing, and add the option 'cdrom-detect/try-usb=true'.<
> doesn't help file a bug or search the web.

Ok.
I will try this next time I have the time to reinstall the machine.

> #4.1.
> if the advise from page
> >If you get "Incorrect CD-ROM detected" error on detection stage, reboot, press F6 and then ESC to go to manual boot line editing, and add the option 'cdrom-detect/try-usb=true'.<
> doesn't help file a bug or search the web.

Where should I do this?
Where should I press F6 and then Esc?
Please note that I create a bootable USB key with unetbootin. This makes different startup menu than the one on the CDROM (for some reason).

When I boot the USB and start the installer. After selecting language and keyboard layout, I get the error:
[!!] Detect and mount CD-rom
You may need to load additional CDROM drivers from removable media, such as a driver floppy. If you have such media available now, insert it, and continue. Otherwise, you will be given the option to manually select CDROM modules.

Load CDROM drivers from removable media

YES/NO.

> For bug reports. But I was thinking about for questions.
> I would like to report these UI bugs.

If you consider it as bug, you may report a bug.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HelpingWithBugs

To attach screenshots in lp section "answers" you need to upload it to your favourite webpage and add the link to your question.

> create a bootable USB key with unetbootin

AlternateCD doesn't work with unetbootin, but by using usb-creator, which can be found in
system administration menu.
https://launchpad.net/usb-creator
https://help.ubuntu.com/9.10/installation-guide/index.html
e.g.
https://help.ubuntu.com/9.10/installation-guide/i386/boot-usb-files.html

Refer to wiki pages.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

You need to tell unetbootin either which distribution to download or which local image file to use.
http://sourceforge.net/project/screenshots.php?group_id=222386&ssid=84155
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/#install

Overview unetbootin incl. sections bugs and answers
https://launchpad.net/unetbootin

> feasable alternatives to whole disk encryption

Websearch
https://mknowles.com.au/wordpress/2009/10/01/ubuntu-karmic-koala-full-disk-encryption-with-usb-key-authentication/

Ideas
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/6168/