On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 01:38, Young Chris <wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'd like to report a bug on bugzilla regarding Wine's handing of the shaders on cars in Need for Speed: Carbon (thanks for getting this working with 1.2-RC2, by the way) I'm not sure how exactly to go about doing this in the best way, to give the WINE developers the most useful information. > > What's the best way of doing this, as I am new to WINE bug reporting? Basically, - Check the AppDB (http://appdb.winehq.org/)... sometimes you can find workarounds there, and the general support status - Read the FAQ (http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ), especially the troubleshooting section before submitting - http://www.winehq.org/site/documentation and http://wiki.winehq.org/HowTo - (For graphics stuff) Check your video drivers (type, version, ...) : binary NVIDIA drivers usually work OK, for other cards/drivers... well... YMMV. You might also want to disable desktop special effects (e.g. from Compiz) - Check if the same/similar bug was already reported If you decide to report a bug, try to provide as many (relevant) info as possible: distribution, kernel, video drivers in use, maybe soundcard for sound problems, ... > Thanks for your time, > Chris. Frédéric