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Install the Windows SDK from [https://developer.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/downloads/windows-10-sdk here]. | Install the Windows SDK from [https://developer.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/downloads/windows-10-sdk here]. | ||
You may need to add debug layers by running this in the command window: Dism /online /add-capability /capabilityname:Tools.Graphics.DirectX[[User:Msreckovic|Milan]] ([[User talk:Msreckovic|talk]]) 10:41, 19 July 2017 (PDT)0.0.1.0 | |||
Download the DebugView, a tool published as part of Microsoft SysInternals, from [https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/debugview.aspx here]. Extract DebugView.exe (and dbgview.chm if you want the help file) to a location where you can run it from (desktop, for example.) | |||
== Toggle the Direct3D Debug Layer Pref in Firefox == | == Toggle the Direct3D Debug Layer Pref in Firefox == | ||
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Start DebugView, go to 'File->Log As File', and log an unlimited size log to a directory of your choice (this log file can grow somewhat large in size so you may want to keep that in mind). | Start DebugView, go to 'File->Log As File', and log an unlimited size log to a directory of your choice (this log file can grow somewhat large in size so you may want to keep that in mind). | ||
Use Firefox as you normally would | Use Firefox as you normally would. After you experience a Device Reset, stop the logging in DebugView (by simply clicking File->Log As File again). | ||
== Submitting the collected information == | == Submitting the collected information == | ||
The collected logs contain debug output from all running applications, and as such may contain sensitive information | The collected logs contain debug output from all running applications, and as such may contain sensitive information. | ||
Attach the log to a [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Core&component=Graphics new] or existing https://bugzilla.mozilla.org bug for evaluation by a Firefox graphics engineer. You will want to set the privacy checkbox when adding the attachment to bugzilla - the one that says "Make attachment and comment private (visible only to members of the core-security-release group)". This will ensure that any private information, if any, is not available to general public. | Attach the log file to a [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Core&component=Graphics new] or existing https://bugzilla.mozilla.org bug for evaluation by a Firefox graphics engineer. You will want to set the privacy checkbox when adding the attachment to bugzilla - the one that says "Make attachment and comment private (visible only to members of the core-security-release group)". This will ensure that any private information, if any, is not available to general public. | ||