[PLUG] Where does Ubuntu put the details from its crash reports?

Steve Beattie steve at nxnw.org
Thu Dec 4 23:53:45 UTC 2014


On Tue, Dec 02, 2014 at 01:29:18PM -0800, Dick Steffens wrote:
> I have Ubuntu 12.04 running MythTV. There is a mythtv program that 
> periodically crashes, but doesn't seem to cause any problems. When it 
> happens I get the dialog box that says:
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Sorry, Ubuntu 12.04 has experienced an internal error.
> If you notice further problems, try restarting the computer.
> [followed by a bunch of details.]
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> I'd like to capture that list of details. The window does not allow 
> copying all at one go. At best I can get one line at a time, except 
> where the contents of one of the log files is being included, and then I 
> can get all of those entries. I'd rather have the list of log files I 
> should be reading.
> 
> Is there someplace where Ubuntu holds on to the details?

Apport generated crash reports are supposed to land in /var/crash/. In
later releases, the whoopsie daemon then uploads them to the error
tracker, https://errors.ubuntu.com/ .

-- 
Steve Beattie
<sbeattie at ubuntu.com>
http://NxNW.org/~steve/
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