[Bug 1388289] Re: apport doesn't tell the name of the binary or package which crashed before privileges are gained

[Marcus Tomlinson]

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

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Title:
  apport doesn't tell the name of the binary or package which crashed
  before privileges are gained

Status in apport package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  This is annoying e.g.

    * if you just want to skip the error as fast as possible (e.g. after reboot into a mainline kernel which caused a dkms to fail in dpkg and you know that you don't want to report this because you checked the logs evaluated the problem to be unsolvable due to changes in kernel API). There's no sense to require privileges to give the opportunity to get past the "Ubunu experienced a problem" dialog - make that "Ubuntu experienced a problem with <package or binary name here>"
    * if you're used to a bunch of error messages at system start[1] and to click, let's say, five times on cancel in the "Ubuntu experienced a problem" dialog, you might more easily click one time too often than if the dialog tells you the name (proposal for text change see above)

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  [1] That shouldn't happen in an ideal world, but is reality for almost every Ubuntu release for the first weeks

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: apport-gtk 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
  Uname: Linux 3.16.7-031607-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl zcommon znvpair
  ApportLog: Error: [Errno 13] Keine Berechtigung: '/var/log/apport.log'
  ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Sat Nov  1 01:20:45 2014
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: apport
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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