apport should fallback to console mode after "shm_open() failed: permission denied"

Bug #1474861 reported by Karl-Philipp Richter
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apport (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

`shm_open() failed: permission denied` usually happens in a `chroot`, but might have other causes as well. In this case `apport` should not try to open the default browser, but offer the console based dialog like in a SSH session.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: apport-gtk 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1
Uname: Linux 4.1.1-040101-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Wed Jul 15 15:46:09 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-06-08 (37 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: apport
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-06-09 (36 days ago)

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Karl-Philipp Richter (krichter722) wrote :
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Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson) wrote :

This release of Ubuntu is no longer receiving maintenance updates. If this is still an issue on a maintained version of Ubuntu please let us know.

Changed in apport (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for apport (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in apport (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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