Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: alacarte
Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) fresh install
Scenario
I've found an odd program which does somethinguseful but it's crashed and
caused problems with another componant if my Ubuntu desktop machine. I know
that the Ubuntu devs like us to use apport, but this application doesn't have
apport integrated (it's from the 'universe' repository of course). So I look
around for how to start apport so I can attach something useful to my bug
report. Eventually I find that in 'System > Preferences > Edit Menu' I can
enable a 'Report a problem...'. But as has been noted in bugs 479837, 368234
and 438847 this entry doesn't actually do anything. It doesn't even tell you
that it doesn't do anything!
I've read those bug reports and uinderstand the reason for this menu
entry being available but not doing anything, but that simply explains
the reasons for the problem without fixing it.
For now I'm reporting this bug against alacarte because having the
option of hidden menu items would avoid this bug.
A more useful solution might be for this menu entry to open and ask
which application is causing problems, and then try and collect data
about that application. We all know that sometimes things crash without
being caught by apport.
** Affects: alacarte (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport gui karmic
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menu entry 'Applications > System Tools > Report a Problem ...' doesn't work
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/483250
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