[Bug 910051] [NEW] lost window decorations during 10.04 -> 10.10 upgrade

[Jeff Abrahamson]

Public bug reported:

The upgrade paused to ask me if I wanted to update my grub
configuration.  The screen eventually locked, I unlocked it to find the
dist-upgrade window and the grub update window, but both without window
decorations.  The grub window's button right corner was hidden (painted
over) by the dist-upgrade window.  I appeared to have no window manager
present (cf. next paragraph).

Clicking windows didn't change stacking order.  Keyboard input was being
ignored as far as I could tell.  Mouse interaction with still-live
things worked:  the scrollbar in the dist-upgrade window's terminal
session was fine.  Similarly, I was able to launch a terminal from the
desktop icon, but then I couldn't type to it.  On the other hand, right-
click in the terminal's content area allowed "close window", which
worked.

After an hour of (by then) intermittent random clicking and pressing of
return and escape, something dismissed the grub dialog and the install
continued.  I presume some mouse or keyboard event was by good luck
dispatched to the grub window.

The install appears to have completed correctly, in the sense that the
machine has now rebooted into something that looks like 10.10 and is
functional.  I'm filing this bug from the machine on which this all
occurred.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: update-manager 1:0.142.23.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-31.63-generic 2.6.35.13
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-31-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Dec 30 11:17:21 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook-Remix 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.4)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LC_TIME=en_GB.utf8
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager

** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug distribution-upgrade i386 maverick ubuntu-une

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Title:
  lost window decorations during 10.04 -> 10.10 upgrade

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The upgrade paused to ask me if I wanted to update my grub
  configuration.  The screen eventually locked, I unlocked it to find
  the dist-upgrade window and the grub update window, but both without
  window decorations.  The grub window's button right corner was hidden
  (painted over) by the dist-upgrade window.  I appeared to have no
  window manager present (cf. next paragraph).

  Clicking windows didn't change stacking order.  Keyboard input was
  being ignored as far as I could tell.  Mouse interaction with still-
  live things worked:  the scrollbar in the dist-upgrade window's
  terminal session was fine.  Similarly, I was able to launch a terminal
  from the desktop icon, but then I couldn't type to it.  On the other
  hand, right-click in the terminal's content area allowed "close
  window", which worked.

  After an hour of (by then) intermittent random clicking and pressing
  of return and escape, something dismissed the grub dialog and the
  install continued.  I presume some mouse or keyboard event was by good
  luck dispatched to the grub window.

  The install appears to have completed correctly, in the sense that the
  machine has now rebooted into something that looks like 10.10 and is
  functional.  I'm filing this bug from the machine on which this all
  occurred.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
  Package: update-manager 1:0.142.23.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-31.63-generic 2.6.35.13
  Uname: Linux 2.6.35-31-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Fri Dec 30 11:17:21 2011
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook-Remix 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.4)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LC_TIME=en_GB.utf8
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-manager

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