I believe the problem lies in if you upgraded from a alpha/beta. I have 2 systems with 12.04, one I was testing since beta and it stills shows the error messages/crashes almost daily. I don't know why it still shows them... The other one I downloaded the stable 32bit and had almost no messages/crash popups. So in order to not get the popups I suggest reinstalling and seeing if that works.
> Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 15:20:05 +0100 > From: m...@canonical.com > CC: unity-design@lists.launchpad.net; evan.dand...@canonical.com > Subject: Re: [Unity-design] Apport needs to be disabled by default, or to be > "silent" > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Ted Gould wrote on 05/07/12 14:26: > > > > On Wed, 2012-07-04 at 12:55 -0400, Brandon Watkins wrote: > >> > >> I've noticed with ubuntu 12.04 apport is enabled by default. Now > >> I see the value in having a larger base of users reporting crash > >> data, but this can really make ubuntu seem unstable and buggy to > >> a new user, definitely not a good impression if ubuntu wants > >> more mainstream usage. I get these damn popups every few days, > >> and they are always tiny crashes that don't have any real-world > >> effect on my system, and they are always bugs that are already > >> reported. > >> > >> I think apport should either be disabled by default, or have an > >> opt-in option (maybe an option that shows up during the install?) > >> to silently report crash data in the background if the bug is > >> already reported. > > ... So I believe the default setting should be that the crashes > > will be grabbed but only have the signature checked by default. So > > there is no dialog. There was a bug that was causing some systems > > to show the dialog, but I can't seem to find it. I'm cc'ing Evan > > as I'm sure he'll know, perhaps you can contribute to that bug so > > that we can get this fixed. > > (I'm replying on Evan's behalf.) > > Every version of Ubuntu, until 12.04, had a small but silly design > flaw: when anything crashed, there was no explanation of what had > happened. A window could disappear, or a service could stop working, > without any explanation at all. > > The primary purpose of Apport's new error alerts is to fix that > problem. They explain what has gone wrong, and what you might do about > it -- for example, offering to relaunch an application that has crashed. > > If your admin allows it, the alerts *also* let you report each error, > but that is a secondary function. > > Now, the tradeoff is that Apport has no way of telling the difference > between "tiny crashes that don't have any real-world effect" and > errors that do. We believe it's a reasonable position that most > crashes do have a real-world effect. And this will become more true > over time, as common but previously-ignored errors are fixed because > the error tracker is reporting them as common. > > We can, and will, fine-tune the wording of the error messages. But > when programs crash, blaming the *error messages* for a poor > mainstream impression is shooting the messenger. > > Finally, this is not related to Unity in particular, so unity-design@ > is not a good place to discuss it. I suggest ubuntu-desktop@ instead. > > Cheers > - -- > mpt > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAk/1opUACgkQ6PUxNfU6ecrI/ACeK5K4Azm7g+24A/UM4v0r7cl9 > JW8Anjsiu28fZ2cktAUfdVXlnBphMCBP > =btNm > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design > Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
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