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system program problem detected

Asked by ankit goel

Every time i boots up my system i gets the pop up messages saying

system program problem detected
Do you want to report the problem now?

can u pls help what it could be due to ?

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said (last edit ): 		#1

For diagnostic purposes please provide the output that you receive for the commands

uname -a
lsb_release -crid
ls -l /var/crash

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#2

Sorry, mistyped the third command

ls -l /var/crash

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ankit goel (ankitgoel2009) said : 		#3

command:uname -a
output :
Linux shaifali-hp-notebook 4.15.0-88-generic #88~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Feb 12 04:19:15 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

command : lsb_release -crid
output :
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS
Release: 16.04
Codename: xenial

command: ls -l /var/crash
output :
total 5180
-rw-r----- 1 ankit whoopsie 4408122 Jan 11 23:50 _opt_teamviewer_tv_bin_TVGuiDelegate.1001.crash
-rw-r----- 1 ankit whoopsie 662623 Jan 10 18:03 _opt_teamviewer_tv_bin_TVGuiSlave.64.1001.crash
-rw-r----- 1 root whoopsie 227301 Jan 12 22:47 _sbin_mount.exfat-fuse.0.crash

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Best Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#4

Support for Ubuntu 16.04 has already ended in April 2021 (except paid extended support for servers).
You should upgrade to a supported release as soon as feasible.

Furthermore you do not have the latest updates for Ubuntu 16.04 installed. It seems to me that you are missing the bug fixes that have been published during the past two years! Is there a specific reason that you do not run regular package updates?

For the "system program problem detected" problem I recommend deleting the crash reports to prevent that they are offered for reporting again and again.

sudo rm /var/crash/*.crash

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ankit goel (ankitgoel2009) said : 		#5

Thanks manfred , this has solved my problem .
The actual specific reason that i do not run package updates or system upgrade is due to the fact that in the past i have already messed my system . due to that i continues to run ubuntu 16.04 lts version still today . Can u pls suggest me a way to create a snapshot like thing in my system so that whenever something bad happens i can start from the last best setting that ubuntu knows . Thanks in advance .

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ankit goel (ankitgoel2009) said : 		#6

Thanks Manfred Hampl, that solved my question.

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ankit goel (ankitgoel2009) said : 		#7

Thanks manfred , this has solved my problem .
The actual specific reason that i do not run package updates or system upgrade is due to the fact that in the past i have already messed my system . due to that i continues to run ubuntu 16.04 lts version still today . Can u pls suggest me a way to create a snapshot like thing in my system so that whenever something bad happens i can start from the last best setting that ubuntu knows . Thanks in advance .

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#8

"create a snapshot like thing in my system so that whenever something bad happens i can start from the last best setting that ubuntu knows"
The answer is easy: Run frequent backups and in case of problems restore the lastest one.
Eventually you could switch to file systems that better support backups and snapshots like btrfs. As far as I know the btrfs tools are available only for Ubuntu releases newer than 16.04.

"i do not run package updates or system upgrade"
You have to be aware that you are missing all bug fixes from the past two years, including the corrections that have been provided for severe vulnerabilities. see e.g. https://ubuntu.com/security/cve?q=&package=&priority=high&version=xenial&status=released