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.

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  apport-bug on .crash file does not send report

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