The apport-gtk also seems to send very little actual debugging information, probably because Ubuntu's default is 0 for coredumps. I set mine to unlimited and noticed that I get somewhat useful tracebacks when programs crash now.
On 9/28/07, Arne Goetje <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi list, > > I'm not sure if this issue has been raised already... > > I find it extremely difficult to figure out against which package > version, architecture and distribution release a particular bug has been > filed, as most users omit this vital information when they report bugs > via the LP webinterface... > > Since apport fills in this information like this automatically: > > - ------------------------------ > ProblemType: Crash > Architecture: i386 > Date: Thu Apr 5 16:53:49 2007 > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04 > ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/qt-language-selector > InterpreterPath: /rofs/usr/bin/python2.5 > Package: language-selector-qt 0.2.5 > PackageArchitecture: all > ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/qt-language-selector --mode install > ProcCwd: /home/ubuntu > ProcEnviron: > > PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games > LANG=da_DK.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/qt-language-selector', '--mode', 'install'] > SourcePackage: language-selector > Uname: Linux ubuntu 2.6.20-12-generic #2 SMP Wed Mar 21 20:55:46 UTC > 2007 i686 GNU/Linux > - -------------------------------- > > I'd like to suggest: > 1. to add mandatory fields on the bug report form for > * Architecture (drop down) > * DistroRelease (drop down) > * Package Version (need to fill in manually) > 2. to collect the bug reporting time and add it to the bug report > automatically > 3. to add additional columns for Architecture, DistroRelease and > Package Version in the bug overview screen. > > For hardy I suggest developing a better GUI to put on the desktop and > let users comfortably report bugs. The current apport-gtk package seems > only to become active when a crash occurs. > > Cheers > Arne > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFG/cSdbp/QbmhdHowRAlHbAJ9TW58jniZKxaNWQInnoBd92fidPwCfWWVd > akJvA6gInLXbvVFFnGDhupo= > =15sN > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > launchpad-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/launchpad-users > -- Mackenzie Morgan Linux User #432169 ACM Member #3445683 http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com <-my blog of Ubuntu stuff apt-get moo
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