Automatic crash reporting via Apport in Gutsy?

Asked by Andrew Conkling

I can't say exactly for how long, but probably since the time one of the Gutsy RCs was released, I haven't been prompted to submit bug reports when something crashes.

I've tried searching, but I'm not sure if I might've turned this off, or if it were turned off generally in Ubuntu, etc. I'm a pretty discerning reporter, and I only submit crash reports when I have debug packages installed, etc. This was one of the ways I felt I could contribute (for now, anyway), so it's a bit strange to see it gone.

Can anyone shed any light? Thanks!

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Sidarth Dasari (sirsid) said :
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hmm I didnt try the RC versions, but I have never come across that automatic bug reporter as of yet. I think i did read something about a bug reporter being made for the next version of ubuntu though...

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Andrew Conkling (andrewski) said :
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Well, I'm talking about whatever Apport did in the past: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Apport. It hasn't done this recently.

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Andrew Conkling (andrewski) said :
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My question has not been answered, reopening.

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Andrew Conkling (andrewski) said :
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My question has not been answered, reopening.

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Andrew Conkling (andrewski) said :
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Still not answered... this is an annoying song and dance.

I just upgraded my laptop to Hardy, and Apport suddenly started reporting bugs again. That confirms my suspicion that maybe it's only enabled for development releases?

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said :
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Andrew Conkling (andrewski) said :
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I stand by my last comment; it seems to be only enabled for development releases.

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Best Andrea Corbellini (andrea.corbellini) said :
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Apport doesn't ask the user to send reports now but stores crash reports in /var/crash/.

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Andrew Conkling (andrewski) said :
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I assume that applies to stable distributions, since I noted some different behavior in development versions?

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Andrea Corbellini (andrea.corbellini) said :
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No, this only happens when is available a complete traceback generally.

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Andrew Conkling (andrewski) said :
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Thanks Andrea Corbellini, that solved my question.