I think apport-gtk doesn't have permissions to fire up something in your DISPLAY. A cookie issue?
** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High ** Summary changed: - webbrowser fails to open for system crash + webbrowser fails to open for system crash when it runs as root -- webbrowser fails to open for system crash when it runs as root https://launchpad.net/bugs/81207 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
