Add some information about logs

Instructions for collecting input and alsa logs
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Laura Abbott 2018-06-19 12:49:52 -07:00
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@ -41,7 +41,21 @@ boot process, there may or may not be any output. Some good first steps are:
* Setting `nmi_watchdog=1` on the kernel command line will cause a panic when * Setting `nmi_watchdog=1` on the kernel command line will cause a panic when
an NMI watchdog timeout occurs. an NMI watchdog timeout occurs.
== Logs to collect ==
When reporting an issue with the kernel you should always attach the kernel
logs, usually collected with the `dmesg` command. For some types of issues,
you may need to collect more logs.
=== Input issues (touchpad etc.) ===
Information for collecting logs is documented at the https://wayland.freedesktop.org/libinput/doc/latest/reporting_bugs.html[libinput website].
=== Sound issues ===
`alsa-info.sh` provides information about both kernel and userspace components.
If you have a working and non-working kernel, you should provide `alsa-info.sh`
for both cases.
== Bisecting the kernel == Bisecting the kernel