System problem notice annoyance

[Lloydb39]

Periodically, a window pops up notifying me of a "system error" and asking if I want to report the problem. It never tells me what the problem is or how I can fix it. I don't notice any problem. Everything seems to work as expected. Does anyone know how I can find and fix whatever is producing the error message? I have 12.04 64-bit on a homemade AMD machine.

[slickymaster]

System crash detected reports can be very annoying, especially when nothing seems to be going wrong. The culprit is Apport, a software error/crash reporting tool for Ubuntu, which is supposed to be in disabled state for stable releases.
It is very simple to disable it just edit the file /etc/default/apport, and change the enabled setting from enable=1 to enable=0 then save.

[Lloydb39]

Before I do that, it isn't a system "crash." Nothing happens. The exact notice is: "System program problem detected." So, should I proceed?

[slickymaster]

Before I do that, it isn't a system "crash." Nothing happens. The exact notice is: "System program problem detected." So, should I proceed?

Sorry, I didn't correctly interpreted the meaning of your original post.

Is this the message that pops-up? Attachment 246471

If it is just open a terminal window and run the following:

sudo rm /var/crash/*

This will remove any old crashes, that might still be reported (in error). After a reboot/re-starting, any further pop-ups still need to be investigated.

[Lloydb39]

I think that did the trick. Thanks.