apport does not work if you have installed both Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox

Bug #890500 reported by Fidel Nadera
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
apport (Ubuntu)
Expired
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Bug Description

apport does not work if you have installed both Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. If you run

sudo apport-collect 889905

this is the result:

The authorization page:
 (https://launchpad.net/+authorize-token?oauth_token=drFSS1PFnhcQ0Nwh6PQG&allow_permission=DESKTOP_INTEGRATION)
should be opening in your browser. Use your browser to authorize
this program to access Launchpad on your behalf.

Waiting to hear from Launchpad about your decision...

(x-www-browser:2203): Gtk-WARNING **: Impossibile trovare il motore del tema in module_path: «pixmap»,

(x-www-browser:2203): Gtk-WARNING **: Impossibile trovare il motore del tema in module_path: «pixmap»,

(x-www-browser:2203): Gtk-WARNING **: Impossibile trovare il motore del tema in module_path: «pixmap»,

(x-www-browser:2203): Gtk-WARNING **: Impossibile trovare il motore del tema in module_path: «pixmap»,
[2203:2203:1240215264:ERROR:browser_main_gtk.cc(125)] Startup refusing to run as root.

The peculiarity of this problem is that the process is blocked and a window appears where you said it's not Google allow access to the root. A further peculiarity is that Google is not your default browser, but Mozilla Firefox is set as the default browser.
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ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: 665a48dcfe9a07a3b6ad7da82c8fb62c
CheckboxSystem: 395ba7d0222b82846032af4f5bf07f33
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: apport 1.23-0ubuntu4
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Tags: oneiric
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

visibility: private → public
Revision history for this message
Fidel Nadera (welthanschauung-deactivatedaccount) wrote : Dependencies.txt

apport information

tags: added: apport-collected oneiric
description: updated
security vulnerability: yes → no
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in apport (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
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: Confirmed → Incomplete
Revision history for this message
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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