Getting "System program problem detected" pops up regularly after upgrade

Open a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and type:

sudo rm /var/crash/*

Then hit Enter.

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.

Disabling error-reporting is not a desirable solution!

Ubuntu has an error reporting system called apport which tries to catch all program crashes in the background and report them to help the developers.

It seems that after a dist-upgrade there are some stuck reports that continue to display for unclear reasons, but disabling apport is not a desirable solution.

Remove old crash-reports

Open a terminal and remove all old crash-reports that might exist in the crash-report directory:

sudo rm /var/crash/*

After a reboot the popups are gone.

If you don't want to reboot, you can close all open popups with:

killall system-crash-notification

(Any further new pop-ups still should be investigated. If you want to see the details,
look in /var/crash/ for any new reports)

Here's how to disable Apport, the system that reports errors to Canonical:

Open your terminal and type:

gksudo gedit /etc/default/apport

And hit Enter.

Change enabled=1 to enabled=0, then save and exit.

To solve this problem, you can watch this YouTube video.

See also: How do I enable or disable Apport?