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How can I submit a bug report?

Post by markfilipak »

The project has made it all but impossible to submit bugs.

Where can I submit this bug?

Bug: Mint 20.3 is ignoring '/etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf', 'send dhcp-lease-time'.

What happens: The router expects 7200 seconds. 'send dhcp-lease-time' calls for 3600 seconds. Mint uses 7200 seconds.

Result: About 1 of 3 IP lease renewals are late causing the router to disconnect Mint.


--- PREVIOUS LEASE of 192.168.0.10 ---

Jul 1 14:29:18 mark-VirtualBox avahi-daemon[545]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface enp0s3.IPv4 with address 192.168.0.10.

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--- EDIT '/etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf' ---

'/etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf', modified 2022-07-01 14:35:27

option rfc3442-classless-static-routes code 121 = array of unsigned integer 8;
send host-name = gethostname();
request subnet-mask, broadcast-address, time-offset, routers,
  domain-name, domain-name-servers, domain-search, host-name,
  dhcp6.name-servers, dhcp6.domain-search, dhcp6.fqdn, dhcp6.sntp-servers,
  netbios-name-servers, netbios-scope, interface-mtu,
  rfc3442-classless-static-routes, ntp-servers;
send dhcp-lease-time 3600;
timeout 300;

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--- RESULT (from syslog) - NEW LEASE OF 192.168.0.11 ---

Jul  1 14:41:52 mark-VirtualBox cinnamon-session[949]: WARNING: t+7130.50895s: Requesting system restart...
Jul  1 14:41:52 mark-VirtualBox cinnamon-session[949]: WARNING: t+7130.51166s: Attempting to restart using systemd...
Jul  1 14:41:52 mark-VirtualBox cinnamon-session[949]: WARNING: t+7130.71430s: Application 'cinnamon-settings-daemon-sound.desktop' killed by signal 15
Jul  1 14:42:09 mark-VirtualBox kernel: [    1.812837] e1000 0000:00:03.0 enp0s3: renamed from eth0
Jul  1 14:42:09 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[541]: <info>  [1656700929.8678] manager: (enp0s3): new Ethernet device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2)
Jul  1 14:42:09 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[541]: <info>  [1656700929.8786] device (enp0s3): state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed', sys-iface-state: 'external')
Jul  1 14:42:09 mark-VirtualBox kernel: [    6.414695] e1000: enp0s3 NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX
Jul  1 14:42:09 mark-VirtualBox kernel: [    6.415028] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): enp0s3: link becomes ready
Jul  1 14:42:09 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[541]: <info>  [1656700929.9355] device (enp0s3): carrier: link connected
Jul  1 14:42:09 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[541]: <info>  [1656700929.9458] device (enp0s3): state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'carrier-changed', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Jul  1 14:42:09 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[541]: <info>  [1656700929.9537] policy: auto-activating connection 'Wired connection 1' (adea266f-d68f-3eea-8840-cb31789e513d)
Jul  1 14:42:09 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[541]: <info>  [1656700929.9605] device (enp0s3): Activation: starting connection 'Wired connection 1' (adea266f-d68f-3eea-8840-cb31789e513d)
Jul  1 14:42:09 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[541]: <info>  [1656700929.9619] device (enp0s3): state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Jul  1 14:42:09 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[541]: <info>  [1656700929.9664] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTING
Jul  1 14:42:09 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[541]: <info>  [1656700929.9773] device (enp0s3): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Jul  1 14:42:09 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[541]: <info>  [1656700929.9844] device (enp0s3): state change: config -> ip-config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Jul  1 14:42:09 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[541]: <info>  [1656700929.9871] dhcp4 (enp0s3): activation: beginning transaction (timeout in 45 seconds)
Jul  1 14:42:10 mark-VirtualBox avahi-daemon[537]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface enp0s3.IPv6 with address fe80::c3b3:b5c8:ddd5:f901.
Jul  1 14:42:10 mark-VirtualBox avahi-daemon[537]: New relevant interface enp0s3.IPv6 for mDNS.
Jul  1 14:42:10 mark-VirtualBox avahi-daemon[537]: Registering new address record for fe80::c3b3:b5c8:ddd5:f901 on enp0s3.*.
Jul  1 14:42:10 mark-VirtualBox networkd-dispatcher[719]: WARNING: systemd-networkd is not running, output will be incomplete.
Jul  1 14:42:10 mark-VirtualBox networkd-dispatcher[552]: ERROR:Unknown state for interface NetworkctlListState(idx=2, name='enp0s3', type='ether', operational='n/a', administrative='unmanaged'): n/a
Jul  1 14:42:11 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[541]: <info>  [1656700931.0339] dhcp4 (enp0s3): option dhcp_lease_time      => '7200'
Jul  1 14:42:11 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[541]: <info>  [1656700931.0340] dhcp4 (enp0s3): option domain_name_servers  => '209.18.47.63 209.18.47.61'
Jul  1 14:42:11 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[541]: <info>  [1656700931.0340] dhcp4 (enp0s3): option expiry               => '1656708130'
Jul  1 14:42:11 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[541]: <info>  [1656700931.0340] dhcp4 (enp0s3): option ip_address           => '192.168.0.11'
Jul  1 14:42:11 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[541]: <info>  [1656700931.0340] dhcp4 (enp0s3): option next_server          => '192.168.0.1'
Last edited by SMG on Sat Jul 02, 2022 11:49 am, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: Added code tags to code output.
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Re: How can I submit a bug report?

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I'm saving the below because I need a place to save it.

The latest, from syslog:

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Jul  1 22:17:50 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728270.8534] dhcp4 (enp0s3): state changed bound -> expire
Jul  1 22:17:50 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728270.8535] device (enp0s3): DHCPv4: trying to acquire a new lease within 90 seconds
Jul  1 22:19:20 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728360.6187] device (enp0s3): DHCPv4: grace period expired
Jul  1 22:19:20 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728360.6207] device (enp0s3): state change: activated -> failed (reason 'ip-config-unavailable', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Jul  1 22:19:20 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728360.6213] manager: NetworkManager state is now DISCONNECTED
Jul  1 22:19:20 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <warn>  [1656728360.6329] device (enp0s3): Activation: failed for connection 'Wired connection 1'
Jul  1 22:19:20 mark-VirtualBox systemd[1]: Starting Network Manager Script Dispatcher Service...
Jul  1 22:19:20 mark-VirtualBox dbus-daemon[548]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service' requested by ':1.10' (uid=0 pid=549 comm="/usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon " label="unconfined")
Jul  1 22:19:20 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728360.6513] device (enp0s3): state change: failed -> disconnected (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Jul  1 22:19:20 mark-VirtualBox avahi-daemon[545]: Withdrawing address record for fe80::c3b3:b5c8:ddd5:f901 on enp0s3.
Jul  1 22:19:20 mark-VirtualBox avahi-daemon[545]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface enp0s3.IPv6 with address fe80::c3b3:b5c8:ddd5:f901.
Jul  1 22:19:20 mark-VirtualBox systemd[1]: Started Network Manager Script Dispatcher Service.
Jul  1 22:19:20 mark-VirtualBox avahi-daemon[545]: Interface enp0s3.IPv6 no longer relevant for mDNS.
Jul  1 22:19:20 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728360.6786] dhcp4 (enp0s3): canceled DHCP transaction
Jul  1 22:19:20 mark-VirtualBox dbus-daemon[548]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher'
Jul  1 22:19:20 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728360.6786] dhcp4 (enp0s3): state changed expire -> done
Jul  1 22:19:20 mark-VirtualBox avahi-daemon[545]: Withdrawing address record for 192.168.0.14 on enp0s3.
Jul  1 22:19:20 mark-VirtualBox avahi-daemon[545]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface enp0s3.IPv4 with address 192.168.0.14.
Jul  1 22:19:20 mark-VirtualBox avahi-daemon[545]: Interface enp0s3.IPv4 no longer relevant for mDNS.
Jul  1 22:19:20 mark-VirtualBox nm-dispatcher[11523]: run-parts: failed to stat component /etc/network/if-post-down.d/avahi-daemon: No such file or directory
Jul  1 22:19:20 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728360.7167] policy: auto-activating connection 'Wired connection 1' (adea266f-d68f-3eea-8840-cb31789e513d)
Jul  1 22:19:20 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728360.7226] device (enp0s3): Activation: starting connection 'Wired connection 1' (adea266f-d68f-3eea-8840-cb31789e513d)
Jul  1 22:19:20 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728360.7228] device (enp0s3): state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Jul  1 22:19:20 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728360.7231] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTING
Jul  1 22:19:20 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728360.7233] device (enp0s3): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Jul  1 22:19:20 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728360.7260] device (enp0s3): state change: config -> ip-config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Jul  1 22:19:20 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728360.7264] dhcp4 (enp0s3): activation: beginning transaction (timeout in 45 seconds)
Jul  1 22:19:20 mark-VirtualBox avahi-daemon[545]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface enp0s3.IPv6 with address fe80::c3b3:b5c8:ddd5:f901.
Jul  1 22:19:20 mark-VirtualBox avahi-daemon[545]: New relevant interface enp0s3.IPv6 for mDNS.
Jul  1 22:19:20 mark-VirtualBox avahi-daemon[545]: Registering new address record for fe80::c3b3:b5c8:ddd5:f901 on enp0s3.*.
Jul  1 22:19:20 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728360.7679] dhcp4 (enp0s3): state changed unknown -> expire
Jul  1 22:19:21 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728361.8008] dhcp4 (enp0s3): option dhcp_lease_time      => '7200'
Jul  1 22:19:21 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728361.8009] dhcp4 (enp0s3): option domain_name_servers  => '209.18.47.63 209.18.47.61'
Jul  1 22:19:21 mark-VirtualBox avahi-daemon[545]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface enp0s3.IPv4 with address 192.168.0.15.
Jul  1 22:19:21 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728361.8009] dhcp4 (enp0s3): option expiry               => '1656735560'
Jul  1 22:19:21 mark-VirtualBox avahi-daemon[545]: New relevant interface enp0s3.IPv4 for mDNS.
Jul  1 22:19:21 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728361.8009] dhcp4 (enp0s3): option ip_address           => '192.168.0.15'
Jul  1 22:19:21 mark-VirtualBox avahi-daemon[545]: Registering new address record for 192.168.0.15 on enp0s3.IPv4.
Jul  1 22:19:21 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728361.8009] dhcp4 (enp0s3): option next_server          => '192.168.0.1'
Jul  1 22:19:21 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728361.8009] dhcp4 (enp0s3): option requested_broadcast_address => '1'
Jul  1 22:19:21 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728361.8009] dhcp4 (enp0s3): option requested_domain_name => '1'
Jul  1 22:19:21 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728361.8010] dhcp4 (enp0s3): option requested_domain_name_servers => '1'
Jul  1 22:19:21 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728361.8010] dhcp4 (enp0s3): option requested_domain_search => '1'
Jul  1 22:19:21 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728361.8010] dhcp4 (enp0s3): option requested_host_name  => '1'
Jul  1 22:19:21 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728361.8010] dhcp4 (enp0s3): option requested_interface_mtu => '1'
Jul  1 22:19:21 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728361.8010] dhcp4 (enp0s3): option requested_ms_classless_static_routes => '1'
Jul  1 22:19:21 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728361.8010] dhcp4 (enp0s3): option requested_nis_domain => '1'
Jul  1 22:19:21 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728361.8010] dhcp4 (enp0s3): option requested_nis_servers => '1'
Jul  1 22:19:21 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728361.8010] dhcp4 (enp0s3): option requested_ntp_servers => '1'
Jul  1 22:19:21 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728361.8010] dhcp4 (enp0s3): option requested_rfc3442_classless_static_routes => '1'
Jul  1 22:19:21 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728361.8011] dhcp4 (enp0s3): option requested_root_path  => '1'
Jul  1 22:19:21 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728361.8011] dhcp4 (enp0s3): option requested_routers    => '1'
Jul  1 22:19:21 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728361.8011] dhcp4 (enp0s3): option requested_static_routes => '1'
Jul  1 22:19:21 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728361.8011] dhcp4 (enp0s3): option requested_subnet_mask => '1'
Jul  1 22:19:21 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728361.8011] dhcp4 (enp0s3): option requested_time_offset => '1'
Jul  1 22:19:21 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728361.8011] dhcp4 (enp0s3): option requested_wpad       => '1'
Jul  1 22:19:21 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728361.8011] dhcp4 (enp0s3): option routers              => '192.168.0.1'
Jul  1 22:19:21 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728361.8011] dhcp4 (enp0s3): option subnet_mask          => '255.255.255.0'
Jul  1 22:19:21 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728361.8012] dhcp4 (enp0s3): state changed expire -> bound
Jul  1 22:19:21 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728361.8024] device (enp0s3): state change: ip-config -> ip-check (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Jul  1 22:19:21 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728361.8090] device (enp0s3): state change: ip-check -> secondaries (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Jul  1 22:19:21 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728361.8093] device (enp0s3): state change: secondaries -> activated (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
Jul  1 22:19:21 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728361.8105] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_LOCAL
Jul  1 22:19:21 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728361.8117] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_SITE
Jul  1 22:19:21 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728361.8121] policy: set 'Wired connection 1' (enp0s3) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS
Jul  1 22:19:21 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728361.8194] device (enp0s3): Activation: successful, device activated.
Jul  1 22:19:21 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[549]: <info>  [1656728361.9814] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_GLOBAL
Jul  1 22:19:32 mark-VirtualBox systemd[1]: NetworkManager-dispatcher.service: Succeeded.
Last edited by SMG on Sat Jul 02, 2022 11:50 am, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: Added code tags to code output.
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Re: How can I submit a bug report?

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markfilipak wrote: Fri Jul 01, 2022 6:28 pm The project has made it all but impossible to submit bugs.

Where can I submit this bug?
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The Linux Mint Troubleshooting Guide link will help with reporting an identified bug to the appropriate party.
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Re: How can I submit a bug report?

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deck_luck wrote: Fri Jul 01, 2022 10:34 pm... The Linux Mint Troubleshooting Guide ...
Thank you. Yes, I read that, first thing. I cannot find an actual bug reporting link in it.

On the net, I found links for developers that required me to install stuff I had no knowledge of and that I did not understand ...because I'm not a developer. :-)
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Re: How can I submit a bug report?

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Maybe this information still applies:

Ubuntu bug reports:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux

Report Linux Mint Cinnamon problems to the devs:
https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon/issues
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Re: How can I submit a bug report?

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markfilipak wrote: Fri Jul 01, 2022 6:28 pmResult: About 1 of 3 IP lease renewals are late causing the router to disconnect Mint.
Have you checked the VirtualBox forums yet?

I found this topic Virtualbox issue - frequent Network disconnects. There might be something newer on the forum, but that was one I found with a Windows host and posters referencing running Linux-based distributions as in the VM (which is your setup).
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Re: How can I submit a bug report?

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SMG wrote: Sat Jul 02, 2022 12:30 pm
markfilipak wrote: Fri Jul 01, 2022 6:28 pmResult: About 1 of 3 IP lease renewals are late causing the router to disconnect Mint.
Have you checked the VirtualBox forums yet?

I found this topic Virtualbox issue - frequent Network disconnects. There might be something newer on the forum, but that was one I found with a Windows host and posters referencing running Linux-based distributions as in the VM (which is your setup).
Thank you. That was kind. But all sorts of folks blame VBox for all sorts of things that aren't caused by VBox ...as in this case.

As a test, I configured my router's IP lease duration to 4321 seconds. It previously was 7200 seconds.

Here is /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf (with comment lines removed):

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option rfc3442-classless-static-routes code 121 = array of unsigned integer 8;
send host-name = gethostname();
request subnet-mask, broadcast-address, time-offset, routers,
  domain-name, domain-name-servers, domain-search, host-name,
  dhcp6.name-servers, dhcp6.domain-search, dhcp6.fqdn, dhcp6.sntp-servers,
  netbios-name-servers, netbios-scope, interface-mtu,
  rfc3442-classless-static-routes, ntp-servers;
send dhcp-lease-time 3600;
timeout 300;
As you can see, I'm explicitly forcing 'dhcp-lease-time' to 3600.

Here are syslog entires, before and after:

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Jul  2 21:31:38 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[552]: <info>  [1656811898.6775] dhcp4 (enp0s3): option dhcp_lease_time => '7200'
Jul  2 21:40:10 mark-VirtualBox NetworkManager[556]: <info>  [1656812410.8610] dhcp4 (enp0s3): option dhcp_lease_time => '4321'
That is why I need to file a bug report: Mint is ignoring /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf and is setting its lease request duration to 4321 seconds. The only way it can 'know' that number is if it queries the router, which is clearly what it's doing. Mint is setting it's lease duration to what the router has set as the maximum lease duration. That is wrong.

It's a real bug.

By the way, this is my first day running Mate instead of Cinnamon. Instead of 1-in-3 lease renewals failing, only 1 failed all day.
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Re: How can I submit a bug report?

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mikeflan wrote: Sat Jul 02, 2022 7:30 am Maybe this information still applies:

Ubuntu bug reports:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux

Report Linux Mint Cinnamon problems to the devs:
https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon/issues
I need to report the bug to Mint. If it's in Ubuntu's code, then the Mint crew are the best people to advocate for fixing it.

It can't be a flaw in Cinnamon. Cinnamon is a DE, not a network daemon.
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Re: How can I submit a bug report?

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markfilipak wrote: Sat Jul 02, 2022 2:07 am ...
Thank you. Yes, I read that, first thing. I cannot find an actual bug reporting link in it.
...
Linux Mint is spin or variation of Ubuntu and/or Debian. I doubt the Linux Mint Team modified the dhcp package. In the previous Linux Mint Troubleshooting Guide link you will find the Reporting bugs section with the Why, When, What, Where, and How links. The Where link will help you determine the appropriate party. Also, in the Where link contains the following notation:
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Before reporting upstream bugs to Ubuntu and/or Debian, you should always make sure the issue can be reproduced in Ubuntu and/or Debian. Install Ubuntu (or Debian) in a virtual machine and try to reproduce the issue. If the issue is specific to Linux Mint, it should be reported to Linux Mint directly (whether the component is upstream or not).
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Re: How can I submit a bug report?

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Current Status:

I have no clue how to submit a bug to the Linux Mint project. I think it's a serious bug. It certainly trashes streaming.
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Re: How can I submit a bug report?

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deck_luck wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 1:43 am
Important... If the issue is specific to Linux Mint ...
I have no way to know where Ubuntu ends and Mint begins. I'm just a user.
markfilipak wrote: Sat Jul 02, 2022 11:18 pm... I need to report the bug to Mint. If it's in Ubuntu's code, then the Mint crew are the best people to advocate for fixing it.
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Re: How can I submit a bug report?

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markfilipak wrote: Sat Jul 02, 2022 9:57 pmThank you. That was kind. But all sorts of folks blame VBox for all sorts of things that aren't caused by VBox ...as in this case.
We see people post on this forum with issues that do turn out to be bugs with VBox. When the VBox patch is released the problem disappears. That's why I pointed you to checking on the VBox user forum to see if others have run into the issue you are seeing and how they addressed it. That is one thing you should do before reporting a bug--check all possible factors affecting the situation. Here is the VirtualBox on Windows Hosts sub-forum.
markfilipak wrote: Sat Jul 02, 2022 11:18 pmI need to report the bug to Mint. If it's in Ubuntu's code, then the Mint crew are the best people to advocate for fixing it.
The Mint crew triages and addresses bugs in the code they write and maintain. If they find an upstream bug then they have to report a bug just like anyone else does. They do not have special leverage to get bugs addressed.
markfilipak wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 5:59 amI have no way to know where Ubuntu ends and Mint begins. I'm just a user.
We are also "just a user". This is a user forum where users help other users.

Here is the Ubuntu bug list. You can search to see if your issue.

I did a search on "dhcp lease" and there were only 77 results so if that is what you consider the problem to be there are not too many results for you to read. (I have done searches where many hundreds of results are returned so I do consider 77 to be a short list.)
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Re: How can I submit a bug report?

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SMG wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 9:35 am... They [the Mint maintainers] do not have special leverage to get bugs addressed. ...
What the Mint maintainers have is knowledge. I don't know where Ubuntu ends and Mint begins -- why would I? The Mint maintainers do know that and much, much more.

I understand that you moderator folks ask users to triage their postings to fit into a wiki-like reference model. We can't do that. We don't know what we're doing. That's why we're here.
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Re: How can I submit a bug report?

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markfilipak wrote: Mon Jul 04, 2022 1:30 amI don't know where Ubuntu ends and Mint begins -- why would I?
You made the decision to install an open-source operating system created and staffed by volunteers. There are not enough hours in the day for the "Mint maintainers" to maintain Mint and personally answer your support questions. Open-source usually means you have to do more work if issues arise than if you were using a paid operating system. Open-source is not a good fit for everyone and that is fine. You get to choose what you prefer.

If you are unhappy with the free support you are currently getting from this no-cost operating system, you are free to trial and use a different operating system. Perhaps you will find one which permits you to, in your words, "not know what you are doing" if you find what you think is a bug.

Your question has been answered and posts are starting to repeat what has already been posted so I'm locking the topic.
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