apport asked me to restart an application that had already restarted

[Brian Murray]

I recently received a compiz crash report notification from apport and in the dialog I was asked if I wanted to restart compiz. Given that I was actually seeing the dialog, I was in a desktop environment and compiz was already running. I naturally chose not to restart it and I wonder what would have happened had I chosen to.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: apport 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: 2e6ecd139611830c78226ad04ff4c093
CheckboxSystem: bb422ca46d02494cdbc459927a98bc2f
CrashReports:
 600:120:134:0:2012-04-24 13:49:18.000000000 -0700:2012-04-15 20:02:57.000000000 -0700:/var/crash/_usr_lib_ubuntuone-client_ubuntuone-login.1000.uploaded
 664:1000:134:0:2012-04-23 15:49:31.000000000 -0700:2012-04-23 15:49:31.000000000 -0700:/var/crash/apport.1000.upload
 640:1000:134:6005683:2012-05-01 16:01:56.000000000 -0700:2012-05-01 16:08:34.000000000 -0700:/var/crash/_usr_bin_compiz.1000.crash
 600:120:134:0:2012-05-02 09:36:37.000000000 -0700:2012-04-30 07:35:12.000000000 -0700:/var/crash/apport.1000.uploaded
 640:1000:134:2039844:2012-04-23 15:49:27.000000000 -0700:2012-04-29 14:29:59.000000000 -0700:/var/crash/apport.1000.crash
Date: Wed May 2 09:36:37 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: apport
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-01-04 (118 days ago)

[Evan (ev)]

We failed to consider applications which are automatically restarted. The restart button should only be shown if we can't find a pid for the same binary.

[Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)]

If bug 1099927 is fixed before this bug, this bug will need a different test case.

[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.

[Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)]

This issue has sat incomplete for more than 60 days now. I'm going to close it as invalid. Please feel free re-open if this is still an issue for you. Thank you.

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

The Precise Pangolin has reached end of life, so this bug will not be fixed for that release