hello. try the other option, " report non-crash hardware and desktop application bug" tell "apport" which package at fault.
I hope it helps On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 9:14 PM, LukeKendall <l...@zeta.org.au> wrote: > This one, the bug 'ubuntu-bug can't always report bugs against "no > particular package"', > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/902714. > Unfortunately, no mention of an ID for the above transferred apparently > to apport appears in the above note by micahg in 2011, so I can't follow > up to see what actions occurred in the intervening years. > > Since the same problem happened to me yesterday with Ubuntu 14.04, I saw > that the error in the documentation remains or else in ubuntu-bug, as > once again I tried to follow the instructions at > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs: > > "Filing a general bug against no particular package > > If you’re not sure which package is affected by the bug, type ubuntu-bug > in the “Run Command” screen and press Enter. This will guide you through > a series of questions to gather more information about the bug and help > you assign it to the appropriate package. " > > However, if you do try this, and then select the category Other in the > first panel, ubuntu-bug just pops up a warning that you must specify a > particular package, and exits. This contradicts the topic itself: > "Filing a general bug against no particular package". > > In my case I was trying to report a problem in the printing area when I > discovered this problem of reporting bugs of uncertain origin was > unchanged. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/902714 > > Title: > ubuntu-bug can't always report bugs against "no particular package" > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/902714/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/902714 Title: ubuntu-bug can't always report bugs against "no particular package" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/902714/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
