[Bug 1068915] [NEW] On Upgrade, expanding packages-to-remove list makes buttons unreachable

[Aere Greenway]

Public bug reported:

Toward the beginning of the upgrade-distribution process (upgrading
Lubuntu 12.04 to 12.10), it presented a dialog indicating certain
packages would be removed.

On this machine (having a 1024 x 768 pixel monitor), when I expanded the
list to see what packages were going to be removed, the window expanded
to where the button allowing me to proceed with the upgrade, was below
the bottom of the screen, so it couldn't be clicked-on.

un-expanding the list did not restore the window to its former size, in
which the buttons were visible.

I moved the window to the top of the screen, but the portion of the
window with the buttons was still below the bottom of the screen.
Iconifying the window, and restoring it did not help.  I did not (then)
know the trick of holding down the "Alt" key and clicking anywhere in
the window to drag it upward.  The missing portion of the window was not
visible anywhere in Desktop 2 either.

My only option with what I knew then, was to close the upgrade window,
aborting the upgrade, and start again, which did work.  The upgrade was
ultimately successful.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: update-manager-core 1:0.174.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Oct 19 18:14:53 2012
GsettingsChanges:
 b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'first-run' b'false'
 b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'launch-time' b'1350600919'
 b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-height' b'500'
 b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-width' b'600'
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 12.04 "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: update-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-19 (0 days ago)
modified.conffile..etc.update.motd.d.91.release.upgrade:
 #!/bin/sh
 
 if [ -x /usr/lib/ubuntu-release-upgrader/release-upgrade-motd ]; then
     exec /usr/lib/ubuntu-release-upgrader/release-upgrade-motd
 fi
mtime.conffile..etc.update.manager.release.upgrades: 2012-10-18T18:29:38.823700
mtime.conffile..etc.update.motd.d.91.release.upgrade: 2012-08-08T08:39:07

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


** Tags: apport-bug i386 quantal

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Title:
  On Upgrade, expanding packages-to-remove list makes buttons
  unreachable

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

Bug description:
  Toward the beginning of the upgrade-distribution process (upgrading
  Lubuntu 12.04 to 12.10), it presented a dialog indicating certain
  packages would be removed.

  On this machine (having a 1024 x 768 pixel monitor), when I expanded
  the list to see what packages were going to be removed, the window
  expanded to where the button allowing me to proceed with the upgrade,
  was below the bottom of the screen, so it couldn't be clicked-on.

  un-expanding the list did not restore the window to its former size,
  in which the buttons were visible.

  I moved the window to the top of the screen, but the portion of the
  window with the buttons was still below the bottom of the screen.
  Iconifying the window, and restoring it did not help.  I did not
  (then) know the trick of holding down the "Alt" key and clicking
  anywhere in the window to drag it upward.  The missing portion of the
  window was not visible anywhere in Desktop 2 either.

  My only option with what I knew then, was to close the upgrade window,
  aborting the upgrade, and start again, which did work.  The upgrade
  was ultimately successful.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: update-manager-core 1:0.174.3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Fri Oct 19 18:14:53 2012
  GsettingsChanges:
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'first-run' b'false'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'launch-time' b'1350600919'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-height' b'500'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-width' b'600'
  InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 12.04 "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-19 (0 days ago)
  modified.conffile..etc.update.motd.d.91.release.upgrade:
   #!/bin/sh
   
   if [ -x /usr/lib/ubuntu-release-upgrader/release-upgrade-motd ]; then
       exec /usr/lib/ubuntu-release-upgrader/release-upgrade-motd
   fi
  mtime.conffile..etc.update.manager.release.upgrades: 2012-10-18T18:29:38.823700
  mtime.conffile..etc.update.motd.d.91.release.upgrade: 2012-08-08T08:39:07

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