The help for ubuntu-bug indicates that it can take the following
arguments:
$ ubuntu-bug --help
Usage: ubuntu-bug [options] [symptom|pid|package|program path|.apport/.crash
file]
I think it'd be a bit of work to add in support to check whether or not
the argument is a program e.g. VirtualBox and not a package or symptom.
** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Wishlist
** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Triaged
** Summary changed:
- Unable to report VirtualBox bug because of apport bug - could find no obvious
other way to report any bugs
+ ubuntu-bug doesn't check if the argument is a program associated with a
package
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1703195
Title:
ubuntu-bug doesn't check if the argument is a program associated with
a package
Status in apport package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Bug description:
I type
Alt-F2 ubuntu-bugs VirtualBox
apport says Application not installed !
But when I just type
ubuntu-bugs VirtualBox
ubuntu starts VirtualBox (so it DOES know it's installed)
Since upgarding from 12.04 to 14.04 to 16.04 LTS VirtualBox locks up
on the machine completely, I can't kill any processes cleanly (even as
root equivalent) so I have to log out (attempt repeatedly) or mostly I
need to do a console shutdown - r 0
I have reported this to Oracle VirtualBox, and have lots of info I can
supply to help isolate the bug which I am well on way to isolating,
but my question here is: Is there an alternate method (documented I
may have missed) to report bug with VirtualBox (or any app) that
crashes / fails to work with apport?
Thanks for any help!
Regards,
Phil
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ubuntu-docs 16.04.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-83.106-generic 4.4.70
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-83-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.6
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sun Jul 9 21:23:35 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-13 (1730 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64
(20120425)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubuntu-docs
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2017-07-07 (2 days ago)
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