| 3 | | A core dump is very helpful for helping us tracking down crashes of !VirtualBox. To create a core dump, start !VirtualBox from a command line (e.g. xterm): |
| | 3 | A core dump is very helpful for helping us tracking down crashes of !VirtualBox. The procedure is similar on most Linux systems, but on Ubuntu it is slightly different due to the Ubuntu crash reporting tool (Apport). |
| | 4 | == To create a core dump on an Ubuntu system == |
| | 5 | |
| | 6 | create a file called ".config/apport/settings" in your home directory with the contents |
| | 7 | {{{ |
| | 8 | [main] |
| | 9 | unpackaged=true |
| | 10 | }}} |
| | 11 | and run !VirtualBox. Any crashes of !VirtualBox after you have created the file will cause a crash report to be created in /var/crash with a name like "_usr_lib_virtualbox_VirtualBox.1000.crash". Do not accept the offer to "send a crash report to Launchpad". You can access the core file using the "apport-unpack" tool, or just send us the full crash report file. To stop crash files being created for non-system applications delete the file that you created again. |
| | 12 | |
| | 13 | == To create a core dump on non-Ubuntu systems == |
| | 14 | start !VirtualBox from a command line (e.g. xterm): |
