[Openchrome-users] debug messages in Ubuntu

[Xavier Bachelot]

Abraham Varricatt wrote:
> Xavier Bachelot wrote:
>>
>> The driver's logs are in /var/log/Xorg.0.log.
>> For more verbosity, you might want to compile the driver with
>> --enable-debug and --enable-xv-debug.
>> If you want to understand how the driver works and are not debugging a
>> specific problem, it might be easier to read the sources. if not, gdb is
>> the way to go. I'm not very good at using gdb though, so I won't be able
>> to help further.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Xavier
>>   
> Thanks for your reply. I've been drilling down the code with the help of
> the log file. As for the compiler options, for the life of me, I can't
> figure out how to use it. Still, the log provides just the info I need
> anyway, so it's not an issue.
> 
At configure/autogen.sh stage :
configure --prefix=/usr --enable-debug --enable-xv-debug

> IF I get to a stage that I'm able to make some documentation on how
> openchrome works, as a result of my study, to whom do I send the stuff ?
> (you ARE still accepting contributions for openchrome documentation,
> right? ;) ) I don't think this can be classified as 'patch' material.
> It's a big IF on my end, and at the moment, I'm having a mix of rough
> paper notes, some text files and pictures (jpg) I created using
> mind-mapping tools.
> 
Feel free to enhance the wiki.

> The motivation for me is curiosity. I just want to know how a video card
> works (with xserver), and I find myself with easy access to a VIA
> chipset. (the VN896)
> 
> Yours,
> Abru

Regards,
Xavier