Ah, I think this can happen on a multi-user system where .crash files owned by a user other than the logged in user exist. In asala's /var/crash directory we can see .crash files owned by asala and by user.
We can get the same permission denied error by running the following on a crash file we don't own: /usr/share/apport/apport-gtk /var/crash/_usr_bin_compiz.1000.crash However, running /usr/share/apport/apport-checkreports does not return 0 indicating that there is a new crash for us.... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1193509 Title: invalid problem report To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1193509/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
