For this reason the current maximum core dump size is 200 MB, and when the crash happens, apport does not process the core dump in any way (and does not load it into memory). Do you mean it already crashes your system at the time when the crash happens?
apport does load the core dump when you ask to file a bug. There is no way to avoid this, though. ** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Martin Pitt Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info -- Crash information collection depletes resources, clogs up and crashes system https://launchpad.net/bugs/71560 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs