whoopsie-preferences does nothing

[Karl-Philipp Richter]

Invoking `sudo whoopsie-preferences` does nothing but print an unhelpful error message to console. There should be a feedback of any king regardless of what the error is. The output is

    ** (process:13772): WARNING **: Could not get metrics: Key file does not have key 'report_metrics'
    initctl: Job failed to start
    Could not process configuration: Key file does not have key 'report_metrics'
    Could not process configuration: (null)
    Acquired the name: com.ubuntu.WhoopsiePreferences

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: apport 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
Uname: Linux 3.17.7-031707-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue Jan 6 12:38:59 2015
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-01-03 (3 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: apport
SystemImageInfo:
 current build number: 0
 device name:
 channel: daily
 last update: Unknown
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)]

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.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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[R. Diez (rdiezmail-ubuntu)]

I have the same problem in Ubuntu MATE 22.04.3:

$ sudo whoopsie-preferences Acquired the name: com.ubuntu.WhoopsiePreferences

And it just hangs, no window comes up.

I used to have trouble starting applications as root under X.Org, so I tried the old incantation too:

pkexec env DISPLAY=:0 XAUTHORITY=/home/rdiez/.Xauthority whoopsie-preferences

But the result is the same.

There is no user-interface element in Ubuntu MATE to open the Whoopsie configuration tool, so manually typing some command would be the only way.