[Bug 1690541] Re: Scrolled windows in update-manager are too small to read

[Fredrik Jacobsson]

Workaround to get some terminal output:

Disable automatic downloads of updated files. The key here is that you
need to show details on progress during the download phase as the bug
affects the download progress window too, otherwise you'll get the "one-
liner".

This bug show itself when: 
displaying the download progress area
displaying the terminal output
showing the changes to a configuration file
when doing a Dist upgrade

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Title:
  Scrolled windows in update-manager are too small to read

Status in aptdaemon package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  In update-manager, scrolled windows do not expand properly. Many
  times, the display will only be one line. I see it on the download
  progress view, the install details (terminal-like) view, and would-
  you-like-to-keep-or-replace config differences view. In each one, the
  details window does not expand to the full height of the window. If
  the expansion hasn't been done at all, the view will only be one line
  high, but in the download progress view, it can sometimes be half-
  height.

  Prior reports (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-
  manager/+bug/1623856) indicate that it has been fixed, but that is not
  the case, and in the prior "fixed" report, the maintainer asked that a
  new bug be created.

  It is very difficult to get screenshots because the window only
  appears for a short time, but I have attached one such screenshot
  below.

  Versions:
  Ubuntu: Zesty
  update-manager: 1:17.04.3
  aptdaemon: 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu17

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