[Bug 1069336] [NEW] Dialogue boxes too tall for 600 pixel high screens

[Ian]

Public bug reported:

When upgrading Xubuntu from 12.04 to 12.10, two dialogue boxes did not
fit on a 600 pixel high screen.

The first was towards the start of the process. reporting how many
packages would be updated. A large 'details' space was unused, pushing
the 'cancel' and OK buttons off the bottom of the screen.

To proceed, it is necessary to press the Tab key twice, then enter.
(Pressing Tab once selects, invisibly, the cancel button and the upgrade
is aborted.)

The second was at the end, asking if I wanted to remove obsolete and
unused packages.

The above procedure is needed to continue. Pressing Tab once before
enter means the packages are not removed, and on rebooting, apt-get
autoremove only removes the now unused packages.

Neither box had a 'maximise' button, which usually forces things to fit
on the screen, using scrollbars if necessary.

A screen resolution of 800x600 is still listed as the minimum to use
Xubuntu.

** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Dialogue boxes too tall for 600 pixel high screens

Status in “ubuntu-release-upgrader” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When upgrading Xubuntu from 12.04 to 12.10, two dialogue boxes did not
  fit on a 600 pixel high screen.

  The first was towards the start of the process. reporting how many
  packages would be updated. A large 'details' space was unused, pushing
  the 'cancel' and OK buttons off the bottom of the screen.

  To proceed, it is necessary to press the Tab key twice, then enter.
  (Pressing Tab once selects, invisibly, the cancel button and the
  upgrade is aborted.)

  The second was at the end, asking if I wanted to remove obsolete and
  unused packages.

  The above procedure is needed to continue. Pressing Tab once before
  enter means the packages are not removed, and on rebooting, apt-get
  autoremove only removes the now unused packages.

  Neither box had a 'maximise' button, which usually forces things to
  fit on the screen, using scrollbars if necessary.

  A screen resolution of 800x600 is still listed as the minimum to use
  Xubuntu.

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