Questions tagged [apport]
Apport is a system which intercepts crashes when they happen, gathers information about crashes and files reports about crashes amongst other features.
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What is the 'whoopsie' process and how can I remove it?
On one of my machines I have a process running called "whoopsie". I'm running 12.04 server and never specifically installed anything with this name.
Google seems to imply that it has something to ...
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How do I enable or disable Apport?
The system crash dialog is annoying me, how can I turn it off? I'd also like to know how to turn it back on just in case I need it to report a problem.
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apport-gtk 100% CPU usage on startup on Ubuntu (14.04 LTS)
I'm getting 100% CPU usage at startup consistently by apport-gtk as shown here.
According to Apport wiki shouldn't even be running on my machine since it's not a beta version (although I upgraded ...
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How can I track a bug that caused a crash and was reported via apport / whoopsie?
It used to be that when a program crashed, especially when a user was using a pre-release of Ubuntu, apport could be used to open a bug report. The user could then track the bug, see if it affected ...
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How can I read a crash file from /var/crash
php-fpm crashed on us and dumped a file in
/var/crash/_usr_sbin_php5-fpm.1002.crash
There is some info in that file but what I'm after is in the section called CoreDump in a base64 encoded format. ...
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What does "No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already" mean?
When installing a Linux kernel image package, I got, amongst other errors:
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Where can I delete old reports so that Apport can resume ...
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I'm getting a lot of "System program problem detected" error dialogs, is there any way I can make them go away? [duplicate]
After upgrading to Ubuntu 13.10 I get a lot of error messages with no info when the desktop starts:
How can I solve this? I tried to update and install kde-full and gnome. But it was not solved.
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System always start with "System program problem detected" dialog
Hello,
I'm getting this error every time when I boot my computer. My Ubuntu installation is fresh and I was got a few error on last step while install Ubuntu (because i have problem with my CDROM ...
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apportcheckresume recurring error and gnome shell fixations
Since installing Ubuntu 12.10 Gnome remix I encounter unpredictable and unwanted behavior of my system.
Almost after each resume from suspend (or even after unlocking the screen after it goes blank) ...
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How to permanently edit the core_pattern file?
I am trying to locate my coredump file in ubuntu 12.04 LTS but I cant. The problem is that I have to edit the core_pattern file content after every reboot to get it, because apport doesn't work (don't ...
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How to copy/paste from "Sorry, the application XXX has stopped unexpectedly"
An app just crashed and I want to copy the error message and paste it into a search engine to hopefully find a solution.
Unfortunately the error dialog does not allow me to copy/paste anything:
In ...
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is it safe to remove apport?
Do I break anything if I
sudo apt-get purge apport
I have my secret business plan for world domination and who knows what's in a core dump?
I've seen Ubuntu (in particular dconf) recreate config ...
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Keep getting messages about internal system errors
I keep getting popups about internal system errors (see screenshot below) on irregular intervals (several times a day), that I don't know what to do about. If I continue through the dialog and try to ...
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"System problem detected" in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS [duplicate]
When I start my Ubuntu 14.04 LTS machine, the following dialog comes always. If I cancel it and restart, now also it simply comes again and I cannot stop it from coming.
My privacy setting as follows ...
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how to read and use crash reports?
A small independent application is crashing on my system (Kubuntu 12.04). I want to manually review the info in the crash report and then email the relevant parts to the developer. The file is located ...
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Why did Apport make my bug report private?
Apport detected a crash and assisted with submitting a bug report to Launchpad, but it make the report private. Why?
It doesn't seem very helpful that I'm the only one with permission to read the ...
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How do I view CoreDump file?
When reporting a bug from a crash, the bug is made private and a file called CoreDump.gz. The Bug Triage documentation says the following:
If the crash still has a CoreDump.gz attachment, then it ...
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Ignore specific program's crashes in apport
If you have to use a program that crashes regularly some people tend to uninstall apport (which you should not).
So how could we exclude a program from apport's notifications?
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Apport support for non ubuntu packages
I have been reading about apport and its usage for a week by now. But could not understand the below things.
Scenario:
I have developed an application and packaged it. And its name is MyApp.deb. The ...
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How confidential are automatic crash reports made by apport?
I noticed that starting with Ubuntu 13.10 (or maybe 13.04), thunderbird crash reports are handled by apport, while they were handled by Mozilla's tool before.
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How confidential are automatic ...
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apport-retrace fails with error: report file does not contain one of the required fields
I installed an application from the developer's website and it was crashing.
I tried using this form of apport-retrace to get a report I could email to the dev myself:
apport-retrace --confirm --gdb ...
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Apport: bug unreportable due to truncated core dump
Sometimes after logging in I get a message saying:
Sorry, Ubuntu 19.04 has experienced an internal error.
Send problem report to the developers?
I always click Send, but don't think it really works ...
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/usr/share/apport/apport-gpu-error-intel.py Error [duplicate]
I was on Ubuntu 12.10 and ran the system updates and after the re-install, the system became unstable and kept prompting me with the message "System Issue" and this as the error per Ubuntu "/usr/share/...
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How to read or open .crash file from /var/crash
I am using Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and I am new in Ubuntu.
Crash file with name _usr_bin_gnome-shell.121.crash is getting generated inside /var/crash.
I read many posts that how to read/open .crash file ...
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How to edit the core dump pattern without disabling apport?
Currently I have enabled core dumps by editing /etc/limits.conf and addig * soft core unlimited as well as using ulimit -c unlimited.
But the core_pattern is this:
kernel.core_pattern = |/usr/share/...
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Should I be asked for my password when a bug report is sent?
First thing in the morning I started Ubuntu, and the Chrome browser. In the browser I visited a page with a password-field on it. So the password-ring popped up. Then a dialog popped up asking for a ...
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Apport error reporting privacy issues
As apport is enabled by default since 12.04 I thought it would be important to get some much needed clarifications on certain privacy questions that have been bugging me.
How paranoid is apport about ...
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How can I copy the text of an unreportable error? [duplicate]
Occasionally I receive an error report from Ubuntu with the option to send in the details of the error. However, if the error was generated from a non-official package (local installation or PPA) I ...
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Why does ubuntu-bug imply that I shouldn't report bugs for Compiz and Unity?
I run ubuntu-bug compiz. Select no it's not unity. (Although I get the same result if I report for unity.)
Then I'm presented with this question:
Development is completed for the 'natty' version ...
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How to disable Apport pop-up message without disabling Apport?
Is there a way to disable the Apport pop-up dialog error message that appears when an Ubuntu error occurs without disabling Apport?
Message that appears in the pop-up: "Sorry, Ubuntu 16.04 has ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 has experienced an internal error. -> ExecutablePath /usr/bin/lsb_release
Running Ubuntu 12.04 32-bit.
Recently I start seeing this internal error any time after I open the terminal and today after I opened a file in gedit.
Could anybody explain me what cause the error and ...
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"System problem detected" password fail [closed]
I have multiple Ubuntu Precise servers and workstations, all of which suffer from the same really infuriating problem: when the "System Problem Detected" dialog comes up due to something or other ...
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"'precise' is no longer under development"
Today when trying to use some keyboard shortcuts to navigate (mainly Alt + Tab, I'm not really sure which combination) I managed to crash Compiz. Then, in the middle of the crash report, Apport shows ...
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"System program problem detected" with apport-gpu-error-intel.py
My Ubuntu 12.10 was working fine, until a week ago when a software update was installed.
Now, every two minutes, the computer hangs for a couple of seconds, and then an error message pops up saying "...
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How do I disable Apport from including a core dump?
Intro: apport is a python applicaton running on ubuntu which automates bug reporting. In case of a crash it determines which application crashed, and auto generates a detailed report on the crash, ...
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Which command gets udevdb.txt file at launchpad?
When I run ubuntu-bug or apport-collect an udevdb.txt file listing all devices is uploaded to Launchpad.
How can I get this file without using Launchpad?
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Send apport reports to private server instead of Canonical
Is there a way for me to automate crash reports to a private server? I would like apport reports to be sent to http://example.com, not Canonical. I'm not sure if this has been already done or is a ...
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How can I find my Bug-report on launchpad that I submitted from the Desktop?
How can I find my Bug-report that I submitted from the Desktop on launchpad?
I have found a partial solution to my own question:
The program that sends the Bug-reports from the desktop is called ...
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What happens to the automatic crash reports?
I have already experienced more than a few crashes in Ubuntu 12.04.
What happens to those reports?
What do I get from sending these time after time?
Can I get some statistics somewhere on which ...
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Where do "internal error" error reports go?
Every so often Ubuntu detects an internal error that it reports with a dialog box that looks something like this:
If I "Send an error report to help fix this problem" (via the checkbox), where do the ...
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How to make apport always open a bug report page? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I track a bug that caused a crash and was reported via apport / whoopsie?
Since I updated to 12.04 apport sends crash reports to the server silently without opening a ...
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System Program Problem Detected [duplicate]
I have Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, fully up-to-date. I'm new to Ubuntu. Whenever I start my system I face "System Program Problem Detected." Why is this happening? I ran sudo rm /var/crash/* but it again ...
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Investigating a system "freeze"
Am on
Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS
Linux skiran 2.6.32-32-generic-pae #62-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 20 22:10:33 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux
My machine froze for the 5th time in 2 days.
Had to reboot, and login to a ...
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What controls apport's behavior for saving core dumps?
apport is configured (default) to handle my system's core dumps (in /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern: |/usr/share/apport/apport %p %s %c %P). It's behavior is mysterious to me:
Sometimes it saves core ...
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Where do "report issues" go? [duplicate]
I seem to have these messages pop up that says:
Ubuntu has experienced an issue do you want to report it?
This seems to occur a lot especially after the system freezes up for ten minutes or longer,...
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Would installing debugging symbols help for reporting bugs?
I'm running a beta version of Ubuntu (12.10) and I've been reporting crashes through apport's automated system. I've glanced at the stacktraces for a couple of the issues and noticed a lot of what ...
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How can i report a bug about apport-gpu-error-intel.py crashing?
Everytime my gpu crash and i have to reboot, after the boot appears:
the window to report the gpu crash bug
when I try to report it, apport-gpu-error-intel.py crashes
another window appears ...
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How does one get a hold of the details regarding a system/application crash
Is there a way to generate a decent looking report with the /var/share/apport/*.crash files?
If not, how does one get a hold of the details regarding a past system error?
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How to keep terminal for installation of debugging symbols of apport's local investigation alive?
apport allows to investigate crashes locally and to either start a gdb session, get a backtrace or install debugging symbols in that local investigation. When choosing the latter a gnome-terminal is ...
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Where do the system error reports go?
Every once in a while an error pops up, so there's this dialogue box which asks if one would like to inform Ubuntu about it. Upon confirming, where does this report go? Can it be followed up? If it is ...
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