Turning core files into crash files after the fact is a bit too late in my case. With Xwayland and gnome-shell both racing to write ~/core I will still be missing one of them.
------------------------------ journalctl -u apport says: ... -- Reboot -- Feb 05 12:01:27 haz systemd[1]: Starting LSB: automatic crash report generation... Feb 05 12:01:27 haz apport[740]: * Starting automatic crash report generation: apport Feb 05 12:01:27 haz apport[740]: ...done. Feb 05 12:01:27 haz systemd[1]: Started LSB: automatic crash report generation. ------------------------------ $ cat /var/log/apport.log ERROR: apport (pid 1657) Mon Feb 5 12:02:48 2018: called for pid 923, signal 5, core limit 0, dump mode 1 ERROR: apport (pid 1657) Mon Feb 5 12:02:48 2018: executable: /usr/bin/gnome-shell (command line "/usr/bin/gnome-shell") ERROR: apport (pid 1657) Mon Feb 5 12:02:48 2018: gdbus call error: Error: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.gnome.SessionManager was not provided by any .service files ERROR: apport (pid 1657) Mon Feb 5 12:02:48 2018: debug: session gdbus call: ERROR: apport (pid 1657) Mon Feb 5 12:03:04 2018: wrote report /var/crash/_usr_bin_gnome-shell.120.crash ERROR: apport (pid 1946) Mon Feb 5 12:05:58 2018: another apport instance is already running, aborting ERROR: apport (pid 1941) Mon Feb 5 12:05:55 2018: called for pid 1767, signal 6, core limit 18446744073709551615, dump mode 1 ERROR: apport (pid 1941) Mon Feb 5 12:05:55 2018: ignoring implausibly big core limit, treating as unlimited ERROR: apport (pid 1941) Mon Feb 5 12:05:55 2018: executable: /usr/bin/Xwayland (command line "/usr/bin/Xwayland :0 -rootless -terminate -core -listen 4 -listen 5 -displayfd 6") ERROR: apport (pid 1941) Mon Feb 5 12:05:55 2018: gdbus call error: Error: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.gnome.SessionManager was not provided by any .service files ERROR: apport (pid 1941) Mon Feb 5 12:05:55 2018: debug: session gdbus call: ERROR: apport (pid 1941) Mon Feb 5 12:05:58 2018: wrote report /var/crash/_usr_bin_Xwayland.1000.crash ERROR: apport (pid 1941) Mon Feb 5 12:05:58 2018: writing core dump to /home/dan/core (limit: -1) ERROR: apport (pid 1941) Mon Feb 5 12:05:59 2018: writing core dump /home/dan/core of size 91402240 ------------------------------ $ cat /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern |/usr/share/apport/apport %p %s %c %d %P ** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to mutter in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1746874 Title: gnome-shell and Xwayland sometimes leave $HOME/core files (should be /var/crash files) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1746874/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs