[Bug 1726480] [NEW] Software Updater console panel height only shows one line

[PJSingh5000]

Public bug reported:

When using Software Updater, you can view details of an update in progress.
By clicking the expander arrow, a console panel should appear, and the Software Updater windows expands in order to show the full multi-line console.

However, the console panel is only one character high.
The rest of the window below the console is simply gray (or whatever your theme shows as a background color).

The console appears as a black bar, and you can see some flashes of text
as the update proceeds.

This was an issue in Ubuntu 16.10, 17.04 and now 17.10 as well.

Please note that I am using Liberaton Mono 9 font as my mono-spaced
font.  (However, since Updater runs with root privileges, I have noted
in the past that the font used is the standard system mono-spaced font,
not the user specified font, so this may not have relevance to this
issue).

I suspect this has something to do with the gtk library that is used to
render the console window in update-manager.  The frame, that the
console sits in, may need to be set to "expand" when vertical space is
available.

Also note, that I experienced this issue using Xorg.

Description:	Ubuntu 17.10
Release:	17.10

update-manager:
  Installed: 1:17.10.11
  Candidate: 1:17.10.11
  Version table:
 *** 1:17.10.11 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: update-manager 1:17.10.11
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Mon Oct 23 12:18:16 2017
GsettingsChanges:
 b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'show-details' b'true'
 b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-height' b'630'
 b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'first-run' b'false'
 b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-width' b'586'
 b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'launch-time' b'int64 1508773542'
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-22 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10.0 2017.10.19 amd64 "Custom Artful Aardvark"
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug artful

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Title:
  Software Updater console panel height only shows one line

Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When using Software Updater, you can view details of an update in progress.
  By clicking the expander arrow, a console panel should appear, and the Software Updater windows expands in order to show the full multi-line console.

  However, the console panel is only one character high.
  The rest of the window below the console is simply gray (or whatever your theme shows as a background color).

  The console appears as a black bar, and you can see some flashes of
  text as the update proceeds.

  This was an issue in Ubuntu 16.10, 17.04 and now 17.10 as well.

  Please note that I am using Liberaton Mono 9 font as my mono-spaced
  font.  (However, since Updater runs with root privileges, I have noted
  in the past that the font used is the standard system mono-spaced
  font, not the user specified font, so this may not have relevance to
  this issue).

  I suspect this has something to do with the gtk library that is used
  to render the console window in update-manager.  The frame, that the
  console sits in, may need to be set to "expand" when vertical space is
  available.

  Also note, that I experienced this issue using Xorg.

  Description:	Ubuntu 17.10
  Release:	17.10

  update-manager:
    Installed: 1:17.10.11
    Candidate: 1:17.10.11
    Version table:
   *** 1:17.10.11 500
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/main amd64 Packages
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/main i386 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
  Package: update-manager 1:17.10.11
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4
  Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: GNOME
  Date: Mon Oct 23 12:18:16 2017
  GsettingsChanges:
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'show-details' b'true'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-height' b'630'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'first-run' b'false'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-width' b'586'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'launch-time' b'int64 1508773542'
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-22 (1 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10.0 2017.10.19 amd64 "Custom Artful Aardvark"
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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