Software Updater asked me if I want to install 124 MB of "updated software". Since I am interested in knowing more about this proposition than merely the amout of data that will be transferred, I clicked "Details of updates". Instead of showing me details of the updates, Software Updater displayed a single generic heading and half of the name of one update.
Even worse, when I click on "Technical description" to view what I hope might finally contain details about the updates, the dysfunctionally tiny pane shrinks even more—it now shows *no* updates—and a new pane appears which tells me what version of something is currently installed.
This problem also affects the "Details" pane below the "Installing updates..." progress bar while updates are being downloaded.
Screenshots are attached.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: update-manager 1:0.174
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-15.23-generic 3.5.4
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-15-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.5.2-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Sep 29 13:46:01 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/update-manager
GsettingsChanges:
b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'first-run' b'false'
b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'launch-time' b'1348951455'
b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'show-details' b'true'
b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-height' b'262'
b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-width' b'640'
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Beta amd64 (20120926)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.2mu
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
You have a very small screen. The widget is resizable, so it should expand itself on load. As for vertical space - it is really not enough for comfort reading, which is a subject of #1078769