it's because apport expect whoopsie to be installed.
$ sh -c "kill -SEGV $$"
---------- 1 root root 0 Feb 28 12:22 _usr_bin_tcsh.1000.crash
/var/log/apport.log shows:
ERROR: apport (pid 12040) Tue Feb 28 12:22:16 2012: called for pid 12036,
signal 11
ERROR: apport (pid 12040) Tue Feb 28 12:22:16 2012: executable: /usr/bin/tcsh
(command line "-csh")
ERROR: apport (pid 12040) Tue Feb 28 12:22:16 2012: debug: session gdbus call:
(true,)
ERROR: apport (pid 12040) Tue Feb 28 12:22:16 2012: Unhandled exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/apport/apport", line 349, in <module>
whoopsie_gid = pwd.getpwnam('whoopsie')
KeyError: 'getpwnam(): name not found: whoopsie'
ERROR: apport (pid 12040) Tue Feb 28 12:22:16 2012: pid: 12040, uid: 0, gid:
1000, euid: 0, egid: 0
ERROR: apport (pid 12040) Tue Feb 28 12:22:16 2012: environment: {}
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