apport creates .crash files in /var/crash which contain information about the crashing application, then after data collection is done a zero byte .upload file is created corresponding to the .crash file. This is a signal to whoopsie to upload the .crash file to the Ubuntu Error Tracker, and whoopsie then creates a zero byte .uploaded file in /var/crash with the same name as the .crash and .upload file. So empty files in /var/crash is normal.
If you are running a release other than Utopic, which will become Ubuntu 14.10, you can run the command "grep whoopsie /var/log/syslog" to find information about whoopsie's status and OOPS_IDs for the crashes you've uploaded to the Error Tracker. You can also goto System Settings -> Security & Privacy -> Diagnostics to: 1) verify that "Send error reports" is checked 2) click "Show Previous Reports" to see the crashes you've reported Unlike when crashes are reported to Launchpad, there is no user interaction (like a web browser page opening) after the .crash file is uploaded to the Error Tracker. So its entirely possible they are reported and you just don't realize it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apport in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1308169 Title: apport-bug on .crash file does not send report Status in “apport” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When giving apport-bug a .crash file and telling it to send the report, it writes an empty .upload file, but does not appear to send the report: ryan@feh:~$ sudo apport-bug /var/crash/_usr_lib_squid3_pinger.0.crash *** Send problem report to the developers? After the problem report has been sent, please fill out the form in the automatically opened web browser. What would you like to do? Your options are: S: Send report (63.2 KB) V: View report K: Keep report file for sending later or copying to somewhere else I: Cancel and ignore future crashes of this program version C: Cancel Please choose (S/V/K/I/C): s ryan@feh:~$ ls -lsa /var/crash/_usr_lib_squid3_pinger.0.* 64 -rw-r----- 1 root root 63854 Apr 15 10:33 /var/crash/_usr_lib_squid3_pinger.0.crash 0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Apr 15 10:44 /var/crash/_usr_lib_squid3_pinger.0.upload ryan@feh:~$ ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: apport 2.14.1-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64 ApportLog: ERROR: apport (pid 16419) Tue Apr 15 07:37:43 2014: called for pid 10115, signal 11, core limit 0 ERROR: apport (pid 16419) Tue Apr 15 07:37:43 2014: executable: /usr/lib/squid3/pinger (command line "(pinger)") ERROR: apport (pid 16419) Tue Apr 15 07:37:43 2014: is_closing_session(): no DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS in environment ERROR: apport (pid 16419) Tue Apr 15 07:37:43 2014: wrote report /var/crash/_usr_lib_squid3_pinger.0.crash ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CrashReports: 640:0:0:16086:2014-04-12 19:58:08.832940604 -0700:2014-04-13 03:55:12.546230475 -0700:/var/crash/_usr_lib_mailman_bin_list_lists.0.crash 640:0:0:63854:2014-04-15 10:33:06.036259174 -0700:2014-04-15 10:36:21.278098132 -0700:/var/crash/_usr_lib_squid3_pinger.0.crash 644:0:0:0:2014-04-15 10:36:23.354031253 -0700:2014-04-15 10:36:23.354031253 -0700:/var/crash/_usr_lib_squid3_pinger.0.upload 640:33:33:982302:2014-04-12 19:47:16.481460672 -0700:2014-04-13 03:55:12.478232672 -0700:/var/crash/_usr_bin_php5.33.crash 640:0:0:42350107:2014-04-15 05:24:07.978228219 -0700:2014-04-15 05:23:28.267508485 -0700:/var/crash/_usr_sbin_apache2.0.crash Date: Tue Apr 15 10:40:38 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-04-17 (728 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120415) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: TERM=screen PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: apport UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-13 (2 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1308169/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
