| 2011-06-08 21:26:59 |
Andrew |
bug |
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added bug |
| 2011-06-09 08:15:29 |
Robert Roth |
bug |
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added subscriber Robert Roth |
| 2011-10-21 09:28:03 |
Launchpad Janitor |
apport (Ubuntu): status |
New |
Confirmed |
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| 2011-10-21 09:45:41 |
Robert Roth |
affects |
apport (Ubuntu) |
update-notifier (Ubuntu) |
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| 2012-02-03 21:01:48 |
Brian Murray |
update-notifier (Ubuntu): importance |
Undecided |
Medium |
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| 2012-02-03 21:01:56 |
Brian Murray |
update-notifier (Ubuntu): status |
Confirmed |
Triaged |
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| 2012-02-03 21:36:33 |
Matthew Paul Thomas |
update-notifier (Ubuntu): assignee |
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Evan Dandrea (ev) |
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| 2012-03-30 15:53:07 |
Matthew Paul Thomas |
summary |
Apport displays mysterious prompt |
Mysterious "System program problem detected" prompt |
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| 2012-03-30 15:53:14 |
Matthew Paul Thomas |
bug task added |
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apport (Ubuntu) |
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| 2012-03-30 15:54:44 |
Matthew Paul Thomas |
description |
Binary package hint: apport
A unsolicited, untitled window recently appeared that contained only the following text:
System program problem detected
Do you want to report the problem now?
[ Cancel ] [ Report problem... ]
There are two problems with this:
1) I have no idea what "system program problem" this is referring to, so I have no way of knowing yet whether or not I want to report it. My only rational option is to choose "Cancel."
2) I have no indication of what program is generating this prompt. Since it reappeared again later, though, I gave in to curiosity and clicked "Report problem," hoping that it might reveal more information about the "system program problem." Instead of more information, however, I was presented with a password prompt. I am NOT going to grant administrative privileges to an unidentified program. Once again, my only rational option is to choose "Cancel."
Users at Ask Ubuntu [1] helped me identify the mystery prompt as belonging to Apport.
Apport needs to identify itself before requesting elevated privileges.
[1] http://askubuntu.com/questions/47675/why-should-i-trust-this
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: apport 1.20.1-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
ApportLog:
ERROR: apport (pid 13522) Tue Jun 7 10:13:17 2011: called for pid 12778, signal 11
ERROR: apport (pid 13522) Tue Jun 7 10:13:17 2011: executable: /usr/bin/Xorg (command line "/usr/bin/X :0 -auth /var/run/lightdm/authority/0 -nolisten tcp vt2")
ERROR: apport (pid 13522) Tue Jun 7 10:13:18 2011: wrote report /var/crash/_usr_bin_Xorg.0.crash
Architecture: amd64
CrashReports:
600:1000:1000:546955:2011-06-07 11:51:12.501300000 -0700:2011-06-07 11:51:13.501300000 -0700:/var/crash/_usr_bin_update-notifier.1000.crash
600:0:0:635299:2011-06-07 10:13:18.563455402 -0700:2011-06-07 10:13:17.292818549 -0700:/var/crash/_usr_bin_Xorg.0.crash
600:1000:1000:232476:2011-06-05 21:03:36.352573000 -0700:2011-06-05 21:03:37.352573000 -0700:/var/crash/_usr_lib_telepathy_telepathy-salut.1000.crash
Date: Wed Jun 8 13:30:15 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110413)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: apport
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) |
Binary package hint: apport
A unsolicited, untitled window recently appeared that contained only the following text:
System program problem detected
Do you want to report the problem now?
[ Cancel ] [ Report problem... ]
There are two problems with this:
1) I have no idea what "system program problem" this is referring to, so I have no way of knowing yet whether or not I want to report it. My only rational option is to choose "Cancel."
2) I have no indication of what program is generating this prompt. Since it reappeared again later, though, I gave in to curiosity and clicked "Report problem," hoping that it might reveal more information about the "system program problem." Instead of more information, however, I was presented with a password prompt. I am NOT going to grant administrative privileges to an unidentified program. Once again, my only rational option is to choose "Cancel."
Users at Ask Ubuntu [1] helped me identify the mystery prompt as belonging to Apport.
Apport needs to identify itself before requesting elevated privileges.
[1] http://askubuntu.com/questions/47675/why-should-i-trust-this
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ErrorTracker#os-crash>
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: apport 1.20.1-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
ApportLog:
ERROR: apport (pid 13522) Tue Jun 7 10:13:17 2011: called for pid 12778, signal 11
ERROR: apport (pid 13522) Tue Jun 7 10:13:17 2011: executable: /usr/bin/Xorg (command line "/usr/bin/X :0 -auth /var/run/lightdm/authority/0 -nolisten tcp vt2")
ERROR: apport (pid 13522) Tue Jun 7 10:13:18 2011: wrote report /var/crash/_usr_bin_Xorg.0.crash
Architecture: amd64
CrashReports:
600:1000:1000:546955:2011-06-07 11:51:12.501300000 -0700:2011-06-07 11:51:13.501300000 -0700:/var/crash/_usr_bin_update-notifier.1000.crash
600:0:0:635299:2011-06-07 10:13:18.563455402 -0700:2011-06-07 10:13:17.292818549 -0700:/var/crash/_usr_bin_Xorg.0.crash
600:1000:1000:232476:2011-06-05 21:03:36.352573000 -0700:2011-06-05 21:03:37.352573000 -0700:/var/crash/_usr_lib_telepathy_telepathy-salut.1000.crash
Date: Wed Jun 8 13:30:15 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110413)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: apport
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) |
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| 2012-04-30 16:03:01 |
Launchpad Janitor |
apport (Ubuntu): status |
New |
Confirmed |
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| 2012-06-06 13:13:33 |
Ellwyn C. |
bug |
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added subscriber Ellwyn C. |
| 2012-07-02 10:09:26 |
Christoph Jopp |
bug |
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added subscriber Christoph Jopp |
| 2012-07-04 21:14:52 |
Ellwyn C. |
removed subscriber Ellwyn C. |
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| 2012-07-22 15:54:12 |
Aminda Suomalainen |
bug |
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added subscriber Mika Suomalainen |
| 2012-11-01 15:38:23 |
Evan |
tags |
amd64 apport-bug natty running-unity |
amd64 apport-bug natty running-unity whoopsie-daisy |
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| 2012-12-09 14:40:44 |
Robert A. Matthews |
bug |
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added subscriber Robert A. Matthews |
| 2013-02-26 02:29:32 |
ken brockman |
bug |
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added subscriber ken brockman |
| 2019-03-22 20:32:47 |
Brian Murray |
update-notifier (Ubuntu): assignee |
Evan (ev) |
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| 2019-03-22 20:32:52 |
Brian Murray |
apport (Ubuntu): status |
Confirmed |
Invalid |
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| 2019-03-22 20:33:05 |
Brian Murray |
tags |
amd64 apport-bug natty running-unity whoopsie-daisy |
amd64 apport-bug natty rls-ee-incoming running-unity whoopsie-daisy |
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