Useless error dialogue box - was - Re: Upgrade from 19.10 to 20.04 failed - upgrade process broken

[Bret Busby]

On 15/05/2020, Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 09/05/2020, Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 08/05/2020, Oliver Grawert <ogra at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>>> hi,
>>> Am Freitag, den 08.05.2020, 23:47 +0000 schrieb Bret Busby:
>>>>
>>>> The system now shows as being 20.04 LTS.But, as had started happening
>>>> recently, recurred upon the system restart after the upgrade - "A
>>>> system program error has been detected. Report it?", with no
>>>> indication of which system program is the subject of the error
>>>> message, and no information about what is the error type.
>>>>
>>>
>>> if you allow it to report it, a second dialog comes up where you have a
>>> details view telling you about the app that crashed and showing the
>>> collected logs and info (you can still decline sending the report on
>>> that page).
>>
>> Ah, no.
>>
>> I just logged into the computer again, and the dialogue box was there
>> again. I selected the "Report it" option, and the dialogue box
>> disappeared, and nothing appeared in its place. This is what had
>> previously been happening.
>>
>> It is frustrating, because I have no idea, as to what is happening,
>> other than that something is wrong.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> the first dialog should perhaps rather say "do you allow to collect
>>> data for sending a report later" because this is effectively what the
>>> first dialog does here ...
>>>
>>> ciao
>>> 	oli
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Bret Busby
>> Armadale
>> West Australia
>> ..............
>>  ............................
>>
>
>
> I have just rebooted the computer after a firefox crash, to perform
> the latest firefox update, which had been left out of the updates
> performed, while firefox was running, and, upon logging in, the first
> thing displayed on the screen, was the notorious useless error
> dialogue box.
>
> No details are displayed; just
>
> "
> System program problem detected
> Do you want to report the problem now?"
> <Cancel> <Report problem>
> "
>
> This is on UbuntuMATE 20.04 .
>
> So, an unknown bug which is unknown to the system bug reporting
> software is apparent.
>
> What is the path and name, of the relevant log file?
>
> --
> Bret Busby
> Armadale
> West Australia
> ..............
>

I think that, in 16.04.x, an error dialogue box that showed in the
taskbar with the name "Ubuntu crash", included an option in the
dialogue box; "Details", with an arrowhead, which, when clicked, would
open a window within the dialogue box, which would then hunt and
display the error description details, and the applicable system
details, which could then be conveyed to the applicable bug eaters, in
addition to showing the user, the information that was available.

This functionality appears to have been removed, in the evolution from
16.04 to 20.04 .


-- 
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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