[Bug 948643] Re: apport-kde Details field is always blank

[Marcus Tomlinson]

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** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  apport-kde Details field is always blank

Status in apport package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  I'm running Kubuntu 12.04 alpha2 amd64 with all the daily System
  Updates.  apport-kde version 1.94-0ubuntu1

  VLC and OpenOffice packages often crash on me (known bugs) and the
  yellow-orange crash icon appears in the panel. When I click on it
  apport-kde displays a small window saying something crashed.  If I
  click [Details] a textarea appears in this, but I've never seen
  anything in it since upgrading!

  apport-kde seems busy running GDB:
    % ps alx | grep 1217
    0  1000 12717  1669  20   0 552108 62532 poll_s Sl   ?          0:03 /usr/bin/python /usr/share/apport/apport-kde
    0  1000 12767 12717  20   0 518252 457288 -     R    ?          0:20 gdb --batch --ex file /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/soffice.bin --ex core-file /tmp/tmp6U7936 --ex set backtrace limit 2000 --ex p -99 --ex bt full --ex p -99 --ex thread apply all bt full --ex p -99 --ex info registers --ex p -99 --ex x/16i $pc --ex p -99 --ex print __abort_msg->ms

  , but I've left its window up for a while and nothing's ever appeared
  in Details.

  Expected results
  1. At least show "Gathering info" at first.
  2. I think apport-kde should always tell me, e.g. "libreoffice/program/soffice.bin crashed", even without clicking Details.

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