Public bug reported: Using version 3.0-1~ubuntu12.04.1 it does not pick up the crash logs found in /var/log/crash/cores/. I suspect this is true for other versions as well and it would be helpful to have the ability of getting these information.
root@compute-0-9:~# ls /var/log/crash/cores core.compute-0-9.1456398130.multipathd.7078 core.compute-0-9.1456405881.multipathd.30583 core.compute-0-9.1456407922.multipathd.20061 core.compute-0-9.1456408509.multipathd.5140 root@compute-0-9:~# tar tJf /tmp/sosreport-DI.09-20160225135748.tar.xz . . . sosreport-DI.09-20160225135748/var/ sosreport-DI.09-20160225135748/var/spool/ sosreport-DI.09-20160225135748/var/spool/cron/ sosreport-DI.09-20160225135748/var/spool/cron/crontabs/ sosreport-DI.09-20160225135748/var/spool/cron/crontabs/nova sosreport-DI.09-20160225135748/var/spool/cron/atjobs/ sosreport-DI.09-20160225135748/var/spool/cron/atjobs/.SEQ sosreport-DI.09-20160225135748/var/log/ sosreport-DI.09-20160225135748/var/log/kern.log-20160225.gz sosreport-DI.09-20160225135748/var/log/boot.log sosreport-DI.09-20160225135748/var/log/cron.log-20160225.gz sosreport-DI.09-20160225135748/var/log/cron.log sosreport-DI.09-20160225135748/var/log/audit/ sosreport-DI.09-20160225135748/var/log/audit/audit.log sosreport-DI.09-20160225135748/var/log/dmesg sosreport-DI.09-20160225135748/var/log/syslog sosreport-DI.09-20160225135748/var/log/dpkg.log sosreport-DI.09-20160225135748/var/log/kern.log sosreport-DI.09-20160225135748/var/log/udev sosreport-DI.09-20160225135748/var/log/libvirt/ sosreport-DI.09-20160225135748/var/log/libvirt/libvirtd.log sosreport-DI.09-20160225135748/var/log/libvirt/uml/ sosreport-DI.09-20160225135748/var/log/libvirt/uml/.placeholder sosreport-DI.09-20160225135748/var/log/libvirt/qemu/ sosreport-DI.09-20160225135748/var/log/libvirt/qemu/instance-00000052.log . . . sosreport-DI.09-20160225135748/var/log/libvirt/qemu/instance-000000d6.log sosreport-DI.09-20160225135748/var/log/libvirt/shutdownlog.log sosreport-DI.09-20160225135748/var/log/libvirt/lxc/ sosreport-DI.09-20160225135748/var/log/libvirt/lxc/.placeholder sosreport-DI.09-20160225135748/var/log/boot sosreport-DI.09-20160225135748/var/lib/ sosreport-DI.09-20160225135748/var/lib/dbus/ sosreport-DI.09-20160225135748/var/lib/dbus/machine-id sosreport-DI.09-20160225135748/boot/ . . . ** Affects: sosreport (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1549882 Title: sosreport should collect application crash dumps To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sosreport/+bug/1549882/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs