[Bug 1281924] [NEW] Impossible to upgrade 13.04 to 13.10 on 1024x600 screen

[StefanHuszics]

Public bug reported:

To upgrade (x)ubuntu 13.04 to 13.10 on my laptop with a 1024x600px
screen is impossible.

Reason: 
The "Do you want to start the upgrade?" popup has ALL buttons for yes/no confirmation OUTSIDE of the available screenspace. Thus you cant even abort the procedure, let alone start it, just remain stuck in limbo (until you kill it via commandline).

As seen on the screenshot there is ample space in the pop-up, but the
forced minimum height of the popup still pushes the buttons out of reach
off screen. The seen size is after manually changing the popup window
size to the absolute minimum allowed.

Potentially there are several solutions here
1) Lower the forced minimum height requirement to something that is a bit more sane (eg 400px insted of 800? or whatever the current limit is)

2) Is the any real logical reason for requiring a MINIMUM height at all?
If not, why not have a default and let the user be able to resize the
window as they please/need?

3) There is an invention called scroll-bar. Excellent tool for allowing
things that don't fit in eg a popup window to still be both readable and
reachable.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:0.192.13
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-35.50-generic 3.8.13.13
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-35-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.5
Architecture: i386
CrashDB: ubuntu
Date: Wed Feb 19 06:25:56 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-03 (321 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release i386 (20121017.1)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Symptom: dist-upgrade
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2014-02-19 (0 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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


** Tags: apport-bug dist-upgrade i386 raring

** Attachment added: "Screenshot - 2014-02-19 - 06:08:35.png"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1281924/+attachment/3986286/+files/Screenshot%20-%202014-02-19%20-%2006%3A08%3A35.png

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Title:
  Impossible to upgrade 13.04 to 13.10 on 1024x600 screen

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

Bug description:
  To upgrade (x)ubuntu 13.04 to 13.10 on my laptop with a 1024x600px
  screen is impossible.

  Reason: 
  The "Do you want to start the upgrade?" popup has ALL buttons for yes/no confirmation OUTSIDE of the available screenspace. Thus you cant even abort the procedure, let alone start it, just remain stuck in limbo (until you kill it via commandline).

  As seen on the screenshot there is ample space in the pop-up, but the
  forced minimum height of the popup still pushes the buttons out of
  reach off screen. The seen size is after manually changing the popup
  window size to the absolute minimum allowed.

  Potentially there are several solutions here
  1) Lower the forced minimum height requirement to something that is a bit more sane (eg 400px insted of 800? or whatever the current limit is)

  2) Is the any real logical reason for requiring a MINIMUM height at
  all? If not, why not have a default and let the user be able to resize
  the window as they please/need?

  3) There is an invention called scroll-bar. Excellent tool for
  allowing things that don't fit in eg a popup window to still be both
  readable and reachable.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:0.192.13
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-35.50-generic 3.8.13.13
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-35-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.5
  Architecture: i386
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  Date: Wed Feb 19 06:25:56 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-03 (321 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release i386 (20121017.1)
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Symptom: dist-upgrade
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2014-02-19 (0 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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