This has a compelling reason given a fair amount of original reporters are doing so via Server OSes (i.e. no GUI).
This would want to be addressed as resources become available to ease triaging, and server original report confusion. ** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Triaged ** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium => Wishlist ** Description changed: It is essential that apport-collect works on a headless/non-X installs in order to report bugs. In this case, apport-collect tries to use a text-based browser to attempt to login to Launchpad. - I tried lynx, links2, elinks and w3m, of which only w3m worked. With - elinks I get the following message: "Your Page Was Stale" after - selecting "continue". - - To make apport-collect work, execute the following: - - sudo apt-get install w3m - sudo update-alternatives --set www-browser /usr/bin/w3m + I tried lynx, links2, elinks and w3m. With elinks I get the following + message: "Your Page Was Stale" after selecting "continue". This bug is related to #556927, #645024 and #683337. As these only concern the functioning of w3m, I would here like to raise the issue that a proper installation must make sure that a compatible text-based browser is installed and set as default. + + WORKAROUND: Execute the following: + sudo apt-get install w3m + sudo update-alternatives --set www-browser /usr/bin/w3m -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apport in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/997020 Title: apport-collect does not work on headless servers Status in apport package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: It is essential that apport-collect works on a headless/non-X installs in order to report bugs. In this case, apport-collect tries to use a text-based browser to attempt to login to Launchpad. I tried lynx, links2, elinks and w3m. With elinks I get the following message: "Your Page Was Stale" after selecting "continue". This bug is related to #556927, #645024 and #683337. As these only concern the functioning of w3m, I would here like to raise the issue that a proper installation must make sure that a compatible text-based browser is installed and set as default. WORKAROUND: Execute the following: sudo apt-get install w3m sudo update-alternatives --set www-browser /usr/bin/w3m To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/997020/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp