Low disk space notification is unreadable during distribution upgrade

[komputes]

Binary package hint: update-manager

Low disk space notification is unreadable. Message shows up as square box characters during distribution upgrade from maverick to saucy.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: update-manager 1:0.147.6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Apr 17 13:28:17 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-17 (0 days ago)

[RedSingularity (redsingularity)]

Hey komputes, are you still having this problem with the latest updates in natty?

[sparrowt (sparrowt)]

i don't mean this as a 'me too' post, i have clicked 'this affects me too' - just in reply to your post above, i had this problem installing today upgrading to with the proper 11.04 release.

[RedSingularity (redsingularity)]

sparrowt, You upgraded from 10.10 correct? At what point during the upgrade do you get this message?

[Druid (3-launchpad-fastdruid-co-uk)]

I see this as two issues, firstly the update-manager doesn't check for enough disk space (in my case asked for 1770, I cleared 1.8G and it still fell over), secondly when it then runs out of space the message is unreadable and its a total guess as to which box does what on the dialog.

The message btw is while installing packages.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Adrian Apthorp (adrian-w)]

I just experienced the same issue upgrading from ubuntu 12.04 to 13.10. I still have enough space to continue the upgrade but no idea what the message was telling me.

[Adam Niedling (krychek)]

Just met this bug during a 13.04 -> 13.10 upgrade. Luckily the upgrade finished fine but why didn't it warn me about the low disk space before the upgrade?

[dino99 (9d9)]

That version is no more maintained

[Adam Niedling (krychek)]

dino99: Don't touch bugs if you don't even speak English...