Christopher, Thanks for your reply, sadly I am unable to do this for two reasons :
1) The bug is intermittent - I have no knowledge of how to reproduce it - it doesn't occurr on every login (I think I mentioned this on the report that I filed). 2) When I try to use the existing crash report to report the bug - it reports "IOError(u'Invalid core dump: BFD: Warning: /tmp/tmpnUQsVV is truncated: expected core file size >= 60002304, found: 22085632.',)". It does that even when the crash is fresh (i.e. just happened) or when this crash report is 6 days old (as it is now). I thought that the bug report I submitted clearly pointed to an invalid call in the code - I just wish I had the time to investigate (either clearly document the reproduction or identify the actual bug. So it seems that this bug will go unfixed :-( ________________________________ From: Christopher M. Penalver <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, 1 March 2015, 18:49 Subject: [Bug 1426596] Re: I get an "error report" popup on log-in Tony Flury, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. However, your crash report is missing. Please follow these instructions to have apport report a new bug about your crash that can be dealt with by the automatic retracer. First, execute at a terminal: cd /var/crash && sudo rm * ; sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y upgrade && sudo service apport start force_start=1 If you are running the Ubuntu Stable Release you might need to enable apport in /etc/default/apport and restart. Now reproduce the crash, then open your file manager, navigate to your /var/crash directory and open the crash report you wish to submit. If this fails you will have to open a terminal and file your report with 'ubuntu-bug /var/crash/_my_crash_report.crash' where _my_crash_report.crash is the crash you would like to report. If you get an error that you aren't allowed to access this report you will have to file it with 'sudo ubuntu-bug /var/crash/_my_crash_report.crash'. If you run the command against the crash report and a window pops up asking you to report this, but then never opens a new report, you would be affected by https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/994921 . In order to WORKAROUND this, one would need to open the following file via a command line: sudo nano /etc/apport/crashdb.conf and comment out the line: 'problem_types': ['Bug', 'Package'], by changing it to: # 'problem_types': ['Bug', 'Package'], Save, close, and try to file the crash report again via: ubuntu-bug /var/crash/_my_crash_report.crash I'm closing this bug report since the process outlined above will automatically open a new bug report which can then dealt with more efficiently. Please feel free to subscribe me to this new report. Also, please do not attach your crash report manually to this report and reopen it. Thank you for your understanding. Helpful bug reporting tips: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1426596 Title: I get an "error report" popup on log-in Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: This doesn't occurr on every login, but it does occurr on the majority. From the crash report it seems to be Xorg, rather than Nautilus desktop. There are no obvious symptoms of this crash - i.e. everything seems to carry on regardless. I am reporting this against xorg, due to the existance of _usr_bin_Xorg.0.crash in /var/crash - I assume that all the information you need has been extracted below ? ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: xorg 1:7.6+12ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-46.75~precise1-generic 3.13.11-ckt15 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-46-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0' .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: "" .proc.driver.nvidia.version: NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 331.113 Mon Dec 1 20:14:01 PST 2014 GCC version: gcc version 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.8 Architecture: i386 CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,decor,resize,vpswitch,snap,imgpng,grid,regex,place,gnomecompat,compiztoolbox,unitymtgrabhandles,move,mousepoll,animation,wall,session,workarounds,expo,fade,scale,ezoom,unityshell] CompositorRunning: compiz Date: Sat Feb 28 00:05:49 2015 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: precise DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0416] (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Device [1558:6502] Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Device [1558:6502] InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20140204) JockeyStatus: xorg:nvidia_331_updates - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (post-release updates) (Proprietary, Enabled, In use) MachineType: Notebook W65_67SF MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.13.0-46-generic root=UUID=9b573783-9dac-471b-ba7f-755099846d9e ro quiet splash SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 04/01/2014 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 1.03.03 dmi.board.asset.tag: Tag 12345 dmi.board.name: W65_67SF dmi.board.vendor: Notebook dmi.board.version: Not Applicable dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 9 dmi.chassis.vendor: Notebook dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1.03.03:bd04/01/2014:svnNotebook:pnW65_67SF:pvrNotApplicable:rvnNotebook:rnW65_67SF:rvrNotApplicable:cvnNotebook:ct9:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: W65_67SF dmi.product.version: Not Applicable dmi.sys.vendor: Notebook version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.12-0ubuntu4 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.52-1~precise2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri N/A version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx N/A version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core N/A version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1426596/+subscriptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1426596 Title: I get an "error report" popup on log-in To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1426596/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
