[Bug 883618] Re: Console upgrade useless.. XSet warnings all over the screen

[MMlosh]

Yeah, that would be a little bit better.

but what about this solution:  Not calling xdg-screensaver at all
do-release-upgrade is a console application.
Let the GUIs handle the screensaver if necessary.  (And perhaps just by telling the screensaver to disable?)

Also:  what about upgrades ran over ssh with X11 forwarding enabled?
The queries needlessly consume the (possibly quite limited) bandwidth.

another example: I use ubuntu on pandaboard, which has slow SD card, the upgrade-related IO takes long to finish.
I am glad I know I have to unset "DISPLAY" to prevent the screen from shining quite bringht whole night.

Thanks

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Title:
  Console upgrade useless.. XSet warnings all over the screen

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

Bug description:
  Console upgrade via do-release-upgrade of kubuntu desktop is a real pain.  (from a Virtual Terminal, no X11 running)
  Unless you are watching every upgrade's move, there is no way to determine which question got asked.
  It gets scrolled away with  line this:  xset: Unable to open display ""
  also the line gets mis-aligned.

  I was not aware of the issue and watched >1h the screen filled with
  those  error messages..  While the upgrade process waited for my
  answer.

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