Questions tagged [debug]
To debug is to attempt to locate and remove errors (bugs) in a computer system.
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Outlook 2016 Birthday Calendar Bug?
I was adding a birthday to a contact in Outlook 2016 (Pro. Plus Edition), and noticed that it created an event in my primary ("Austin's Calendar") calendar, and a "Birthdays" calendar. I expected the ...
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Not starting with memory in DIMMB2/ CPU RAM lights flashing
I have an MSI Z270-A PRO MOBO in a new computer and I can only get it to start with one memory stick in the DIMMA2 slot. WHen I put the second 8gb stick in the DIMMB2 slot the EZ debug light flashes ...
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Windows 10; crash after few minutes after startup; restarts and never crashes again until a power off
I turn on my computer. Windows 10 boots up and the desktop appears. I login and get to do my work. After a few minutes, the computer restarts by itself suddenly (no BSOD). Windows boots up and I get ...
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solid white debug light for CPU on new computer?
I recently put together my first computer, but when I tried to turn it on the Ez-Debug led turned on solid white next to CPU. The CPU, GPU and case fans are all working, as are some leds. I looked ...
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How to debug failures to find page titles in dokuwiki?
After an upgrade to dokuwiki 2017-02-19a "Frusterick Manners" the search function no longer finds the complete set of pages, e.g. if I search for linux it shows programs:zfs_on_linux in the search ...
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Motherboard LED Debug Code without CPU or RAM?
I'm trying to figure out which is faulty, my motherboard, CPU, or RAM. When I hit the power button, the power supply fan spins for a couple seconds but I get no other sign of life. Is my motherboard, ...
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Can't import key with gpg on arch linux
I'm a arch 4.9.8-1 system.
I wanted to install linux-vfio kernel for gpu passthrough and to fix a problem with a bad IOMMU group.
Trying to install the linux-vfio kernel I got the following error for ...
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Debug LED code off, no speaker sound
Any idea, why my new mainboard is not showing the post code / does not beep at all after start ? The cpu cooler is spinning. Only the audio light is on. I attached the 2 connectors power and cpu. The ...
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Chome Windows switching/flashing nonstop after unhibernation
Earlier on I hibernated the computer when Chrome browser was running.
Now when I start-up the computer, the windows of Chrome are "flashing" nonstop. Damn Microsoft Windows. See this 10 second video ...
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Debug Service Log On Credentials
So I have a third party service that is failing to start due to "Logon Failure" as the Windows Event Viewer reports. I know the credentials I give it are correct, and when it fails, I can input those ...
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Windows10 - DBGView-Sysinternals outputs from various Windows-Tasks
I´ve got a Laptop (HP ProBook 4720s) with Windows 10 running.
For work we use DBGView from sysinternals too catch outputs from our self writen programs in order too find hard to find errors / bugs ...
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Is just me or we are in much extents, powerless when debugging/diagnosing Windows? [closed]
Is there a vast logging system? Like what we see in /var/log on Linux? Is there some place where I can search for "error IDs" or things like this and somewhere that documents so I can study it?
Many ...
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How can I debug Mutt when it freezes?
My installation of Mutt seems to work fine in every aspect, except that it hangs if I leave it open for too long. As long as I continue interacting with the interface, it seems to stay alive. But if I ...
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High non-paged pool with no stack specified
So, I followed a guide https://superuser.com/a/988819/662442 to trace a non-paged leak of 4Gb of RAM. In vain. After loading symbolds, no stack is shown for my tag. I can't find any clue as to what to ...
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Purpose of FXSAPIDebugLogFile.txt in Windows 7 temp folder?
Many Windows 7 systems have the file FXSAPIDebugLogFile.txt in a temp folder.
The file cannot easily be deleted while Windows is running. When trying to delete the file using standard procedures, ...
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Individual websites and apps not available on all computers in the WiFi network
For a few days now, I have systematically been unable to access specific websites on all devices in my home WiFi network. Specific apps are affected as well. All other sites and apps work as desired. ...
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Wireless debugging Android Chrome app on desktop (Mac) Chrome app
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Nexus 5X has USB-C to USB-C cable out-of-the-box which is obviously not compatible with USB-A without any addition equipment (USB-C to USB-A cable). Both of the mentioned above cables seem ...
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How can I see Debug.Print() statements?
I tried to analyze a macro by adding debug output to it. The shortest test code would be
Sub Macro1()
Debug.Print ("Hello World")
End Sub
I have tried showing additional Windows in Word, but I ...
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Google Chrome: How to edit JavaScript / CSS files and preview changes without reloading?
I want to make changes through the sources tab in Inspect Elements and want to see a preview quickly without refreshing the browser.
Is there a way to do this?
For example, in JavaScript I have a ...
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What is this data? Resource Hacker
I'm new to using Resource Hacker to alter *.EXE and *.DLL files and I need help understanding all the data it provides when "opening" these files.
More specifically, using Res Hacker, I opened ...
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What does parameter1 0x4 for bugcheckcode 0x122 mean?
I've got a bsod (on windows 10.0.14393.0) and trying to figure out what happened. Event log says
bugcheckcode 122
bugcheckparameter1 0x4
bugcheckparameter2 0x0
bugcheckparameter3 0xffff8406530bf010
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Windows 8.1 mouse-clicks do not work on one particular user
I was logged onto User1. I put my laptop from [cf.] high-power mode to low-power mode, WinL, and stuffed it into my bag.
Few hours later I typed in the password and resumed User1, and after lagging ...
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How to prevent black boxes on desktop icons in Windows after removing shortcut arrows?
When removing shortcut arrows using the regedit value
%windir%\System32\shell32.dll,-50
in Shell Icons 29, black boxes cover up my desktop icons where the shortcut arrows used to be.
How do I fix ...
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Simple example of how to capture traces during OOBE with WPR / ADK
I need to capture traces immediately after OOBE to debug an issue. I was pointed to the Windows Performance Recorder tool provided with the Windows ADK.
All of the instructions I have seen instruct ...
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windows server 2012 network socket debugging (winsock / netsh) - debugging tools
I would like to monitor and debug the way an application (FileZilla) is accessing the tcp/ip stack (socket assignments and related operations).
The application is installed on a windows server 2012 ...
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Windows 8.1 Files missing after transferring to a newly created folder and pressing Ctrl+Z
I had a few video files in a folder. I wanted to transfer the videos into a new folder, so I created a new folder just before I made the transfer.
I selected all of the videos and dragged them to the ...
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Can I prevent browser extensions from logging messages to the Firefox console?
The error messages generated by the web page I'm building are being drowned in a ton of console messages that are being produced by browser addons/extensions.
Can I limit the console messages to be ...
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from what I read, "grub>" is a linux-thing, so how come it appeared on my pc?
Ok, here's what I get when trying to boot into my Windows 7 Ultimate installation:
First, there's something about SLIC LOADER v 1.4.6, followed by a bunch of non informative information and a ...
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How to list all the File accessed by a process? (also released)
I'm trying to get a list of files accessed by a specific process by having either its process ID or by launching it under some command line utility.
I tried xperf but the documentation is really ...
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Why is my mac so slow? - No programs open but "app memory" high
I simply can't figure out why my Mac is running so slow. Here's what I've tried:
Closing applications (including Firefox and Chrome)
Shutting down my computer
Entering "sudo purge" in the terminal
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How can I monitor and log an application?
I am trying to run an application but it closes after a few seconds without giving any error message.
Is there an application that will collect a log of everything that the application did which I ...
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netcat, nc, listen to several requests
I am trying to debug a network client. I just need to see several HTTP requests made in sequence.
my first idea was o run nc -l 80, but it will keep open the socket after the first connection. Is ...
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How to debug WiFi errors on Windows?
Is there any way to get an error code from failed wireless connection attempts on Windows?
Just having "Windows can't connect" doesn't help me debug my issue at all. Ideally, getting an error code or ...
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Debug website from PC - Problems with Samsung devices
some users of our website are experiencing some problems with the layout of our website. Users affected have: Samsung S5, Samsung ACE 4 and Samsung Grand Neo. They all use the default android browser.
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Microsoft update (MSU) does not find updates for other Microsoft products (e.g. Office) after MSU update
This post relates to an earlier thread of mine to fix a problem with Microsoft Update (MSU) during which I had to re-install MSU under Windows 7, 64bit, SP1. I installed this Microsoft update to fix ...
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How to make Windows 10 BSOD show more details like older versions of Windows
I would like to know if there's any way to make Windows 10 show more details when crashing like Windows 7 did. In Windows 10, the Blue Screen of Death:
hides the parameters of the kernel panic:
The ...
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Install Windows 8 update on Windows 10
I am creating a program in C# that uses Novation Launchpads, which are MIDI devices. Therefore I am using the functions midiInNumDevs and midiOutNumDevs and I am trying to make the program ...
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How to debug Windows 7 shutdown-freeze and failure
The actual question is really about "How can I debug" this (see below), but for background a bit more story:
I'm running Windows 7 64-bit (fully updated) on a new Dell Precision
M3800 SSD, ...
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Why are Skype messages showing up out of order?
Recently, I saw a one-line Skype message dated 7:36 AM. I saw and responded to this message with one line at 9:39 AM. The other person wrote three lines back again in the early afternoon, which I did ...
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FTP connection error with one service provider
I’ve had FTP access to a number of websites for some years using Dreamweaver on a Vista PC with Norton 360.
I’ve just changed to a Windows 10 PC with Norton 360 and transfer the Dreamweaver ...
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Is it secure to send strace log to third-party person?
I have some specific software - a console to access remote equipment. At some time it's UI starts to slow down too much (not because lack of resources but because some bug in that program). Developer ...
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How to invoke Pyscripter debugger
Using pythonwin, you can invoke the debugger by pywin.debugger.brk()
Can you somehow do the same thing with pyscripter? The advantage of this method is that your code runs at normal speed until the ...
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Need help using procmon to debug "Power surge on USB port"
Like many others, I've seen a power surge on usb port error message pop up on my computer. Tried the usual fixes including replacing usb equipment and drivers. No luck.
However, I have noticed that ...
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Something is closing Chrome
On my machine, every time I open Chrome, it opens for about 2 seconds then closes. It doesn't become unresponsive, or come up with the "Woah Chrome has Crashed" message, it simply closes, as if ...
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debug Lexmark 08zero driver in Linux
Fedora 3: trying to make Lexmark Z24020 print (btw, I could not install driver on xubuntu >11 either because it is on a 64bit machine and the Lexmark driver is for 32bit only). It did work on same FC3 ...
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Is it possible to enable logging or any kind of debug mode for the Office Deployment Tool?
I'm having a difficult issue with installing Office 2016 using the Office Deployment Tool (ODT). The problem is compounded by the fact that I can't see any way to get information about what ODT is ...
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How can I program and debug c code on Fedora? [closed]
I know that in order to compile c on fedora I need to use gcc, but what about debug? How can I debug c on Fedora? What IDE can I use?
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What could cause an error in Windows 7 debugger tools installation?
My computer, a Windows 7 Dell laptop, has been suffering sudden restarts every so often these days. It's most commonly seen through a hesitation to re-connect to wifi after being asleep for a long ...
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Debugging in IntelliJ on OSX El Capitan with multiple monitors
When debugging in IntelliJ on multiple monitors, if I set the debug panel as floating and move it to another screen, whenever I click on the floating panel it moves back to the screen that IntelliJ is ...
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Excel chart shows horizontal axis as the same value after pivot refresh
I have created a simple clustered column chart to display request volumes (y-axis) over time (x-axis, months). All of that is linked to a little CountIf table that sources data from a PivotTable (as ...