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Re: how to upload crash reports?

 

On 01/15/2009 02:06 PM, Tommaso R. Donnarumma wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> On Thu, 2009-01-15 at 15:36 +0530, shirish wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>     Is there anyway to upload crash reports?
>>
>> [...]
>> Is there anyway to get it transported from /var/crash to launchpad
>> without involving the browser?
> 
> A few days ago, I was told on #ubuntu-bugs that you can upload a
> bug-report from /var/crash using apport, and was directed to the man
> page for details.
> 
> I didn't try this, because in the meanwhile I managed to get a trace
> with gdb, but I've found this in the man page for apport-cli:
> 
> -c report, --crash-file=report
>   Instead of walking over the new crash  reports  in  /var/crash/,
>   report  a particular report in an arbitrary file location.  This
>   is useful for copying a crash report to a machine with  internet
>   connection and reporting it from there.
> 
> 
> Tommaso
> 
> 
> 
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Using Apport still requires web browser to file bug will info on summary
description and such. However using the command should start Apport and
upload the logs for you after you fill out missing info.


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