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

Dick Steffens dick at dicksteffens.com
Fri Dec 5 00:09:31 UTC 2014


On 12/04/2014 03:53 PM, Steve Beattie wrote:
> 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.
<snip>
>> 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/ .

I do have /var/crash, and it has a single file in it:

_usr_share_mythtv_metadata_Movie_tmdb3.py.116.crash

I'll study it when I get a bit of free time. It has some information I 
haven't seen before.

Thanks.

-- 
Regards,

Dick Steffens




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