Ubuntu
update-manager package

software updater window can't be resized

Bug #1305437 reported by Silviu C. on 2014-04-10

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1301776: Update manager is really small and not resizeable. Edit Remove

This bug affects 20 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	update-manager (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

After checking for updates and finding some, update-manager will show a window where it shows what updates are available. That window can't be resized and so, it's very difficult to read the changelogs

I have attached a screenshot which illustrates this.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: update-manager 1:0.196.10
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-23.45-generic 3.13.8
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-23-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu Apr 10 09:24:41 2014
GsettingsChanges:
b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'show-details' b'true'
b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'first-run' b'false'
b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-width' b'484'
b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'launch-time' b'1397110608'
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-13 (55 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140111)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: update-manager
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Silviu C. (silviucc) wrote on 2014-04-10:

updater_cant_resize_window.png Edit (59.3 KiB, image/png)
Aptdaemon.txt Edit (17.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt.txt Edit (2.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (13.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt.txt Edit (37.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt.txt Edit (181.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcEnviron.txt Edit (316 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2014-04-12:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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