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  Which package for reportbug? John Elliot V <jj5@jj5.net> - 2016-12-15 11:40 +0100
    Re: Which package for reportbug? John Elliot V <jj5@jj5.net> - 2016-12-15 11:50 +0100
      Re: Which package for reportbug? Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2016-12-15 13:00 +0100

#175721 — Which package for reportbug?

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Hi there.

I'm running Debian jessie with a KDE Plasma desktop, and after I did an
apt-get dist-upgrade today when I logged into KDE Plasma after rebooting
I got a blank screen (with the Debian logo in the bottom right).

Eventually I figured out that if I run:

 sudo /etc/init.d/kdm restart

that I can log into KDE. Which is good, because now I can send you this
email.

I've been using Debian (and similar) for a long time, but I haven't
submitted a Debian bug report before. I figured out that I'm supposed to
use the 'reportbug' command.

I ran reportbug and it asked me which package the problem relates to:

  Please enter the name of the package in which you have found a
  problem, or type 'other' to report a more general problem. If
  you don't know what package the bug is in, please contact
  debian-user@lists.debian.org for assistance.

So, since I don't know what package to nominate I'm emailing debian-user
as instructed! I'm having an issue logging into my KDE Plasma desktop,
which package should I file the bug under?

Thanks for your help.

Regards,
John Elliot V

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On 15/12/16 21:30, John Elliot V wrote:
> I'm having an issue logging into my KDE Plasma desktop,
> which package should I file the bug under?

My apologies. After a little more reading I discovered this:

 https://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting#findpkgver

then this:

 jj5@orac:~$ dpkg --search /etc/init.d/kdm
 kdm: /etc/init.d/kdm

So I will file the bug under 'kdm' (although I'm not sure that is
strictly correct).

Regards,
John Elliot V

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On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 09:41:41PM +1100, John Elliot V wrote:
> So I will file the bug under 'kdm' (although I'm not sure that is
> strictly correct).

That's fine, if it turns out the problem isn't in kdm the bug can be easily
reassigned to another package. I think finding the right package should be
best-effort but not stop you from filing if you aren't 100% sure.

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