[Bug 1809247] Re: SetReportCrashes to true dbus call failed

[Brian Murray]

Here's the better changelog entry:

apport (2.20.10-0ubuntu24) disco; urgency=medium                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
  * debian/control: apport-gtk should depend on whoopsie-preferences as that                                                                                                                                                                   
    is needed to store preferences for reporting crashes. (LP: #1809247)                                                                                                                                                                       
  * apport/report.py, apport/ui.py: raise ValueError if the pid is not                                                                                                                                                                         
    accessible, display an error message for that or an invalid pid. (LP: #1396160)                                                                                                                                                            
  * switch from pyflakes to pyflakes3, drop some python2 code                                                                                                                                                                                  
  * apport/report.py: Have add_gdb_info return a FileNotFoundError if gdb or                                                                                                                                                                   
    the crashing executable are not found and modify whoopsie-upload-all to                                                                                                                                                                    
    upload crashes in that situation. (LP: #1820132)                                                                                                                                                                                           
  * debian/control, apport/hookutils.py: pkexec does not work in non-graphical                                                                                                                                                                 
    environments yet (LP #1821415) and its providing package should only be                                                                                                                                                                    
    a suggests because gathering of information as root isn't entirely                                                                                                                                                                         
    necessary for a bug report.

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Title:
  SetReportCrashes to true dbus call failed

Status in apport package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in apport source package in Disco:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  The following copied from screenshot 2018-12-20 11-50-53
  Saving crash reporting state failed, Can't set auto auto or never 
  reporting mode.

  Command '['/usr/bin/gdbus','call','-y','-d',
  'com.ubuntu.WhoopsiePreferences','-o','/com/ubuntu/
  WhoopsiePreferences','-m',
  'com.ubuntu.WhoopsiePreferences.SetReportCrashes', 'true']'
  returned non-zero exit status 1.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: linux-headers-4.15.0-43 4.15.0-43.46
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-42.45-generic 4.15.18
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-42-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.5
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Thu Dec 20 11:22:53 2018
  Dependencies:
   
  DuplicateSignature:
   package:linux-headers-4.15.0-43:4.15.0-43.46
   Unpacking linux-modules-extra-4.15.0-43-generic (4.15.0-43.46) ...
   dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-OeaFpG/04-linux-modules-extra-4.15.0-43-generic_4.15.0-43.46_i386.deb (--unpack):
    unable to open '/lib/modules/4.15.0-43-generic/kernel/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/iw_cxgb4.ko.dpkg-new': Operation not permitted
  ErrorMessage: unable to create new file '/var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-headers-4.15.0-43.list-new': Operation not permitted
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-12-03 (382 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release i386 (20171017.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.7, python3-minimal, 3.6.7-1~18.04
  PythonDetails: N/A
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu2.1
   apt  1.6.6
  SourcePackage: linux
  Title: package linux-headers-4.15.0-43 4.15.0-43.46 failed to install/upgrade: unable to create new file '/var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-headers-4.15.0-43.list-new': Operation not permitted
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-09-18 (92 days ago)

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