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apport-bug with no arguments lists wrong symptoms, hangs

Bug #614145 reported by Glen Ditchfield on 2010-08-06

This bug affects 3 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	apport (Ubuntu)	Expired	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: apport

"man apport-bug" says "you should always start with running apport-bug without arguments, which will present a list of known symptoms".

I ran "apport-bug" from the shell.
An "Apport" dialog appears offering me 5 choices starting with "Other problem" and ending with "Display (X.org)".
I selected "Other Problem" and pressed "[OK]".
A "Collecting Problem Information" dialog appeared, with a moving progress indicator, and another "Apport" dialog appeared:

    What display problem do you observe?
    ( ) Other display-related problem
    ( ) Fonts are the wrong size
    ( ) Performance is worse than expected
    ( ) Shows screen corruption
    ( ) Resolution is incorrect
    ( ) Crashes or restarts back to login screen
    ( ) Freezes or hangs during boot or usage
    ( ) I don't know
            [OK] [Cancel]

This looks like the symptom list for "Display (X.org)", not "Other problem".

I pressed "[Cancel]" in the Apport dialog. Neither dialog closed, but the progress indicator in "Collecting Problem Information" froze. Neither dialog would close after that. I had to return to the shell, suspend apport-bug with Ctrl-Z, and kill it with "kill %1".

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: apport 1.14.1-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-14.19-generic 2.6.35
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-14-generic x86_64
ApportLog:
apport (pid 5334) Tue Aug 3 17:34:39 2010: called for pid 5235, signal 11
apport (pid 5334) Tue Aug 3 17:34:39 2010: executable: /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer.bin (command line "/usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer.bin --plugin /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so --connection /org/wrapper/NSPlugins/libflashplayer.so/5202-1")
apport (pid 5334) Tue Aug 3 17:34:39 2010: executable version is blacklisted, ignoring
Architecture: amd64
CrashReports: 600:1000:1000:57887:2010-07-28 22:12:27.565404984 -0500:2010-07-28 22:12:27.555404988 -0500:/var/crash/_usr_share_kde4_apps_printer-applet_printer-applet.py.1000.crash
Date: Thu Aug 5 20:01:41 2010
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha amd64 (20100630.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: apport
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ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.314
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
LiveMediaBuild: Kubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120413)
Package: apport 2.0.1-0ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=
TERM=xterm
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
Tags: precise
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

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