Some errors for installation and startup have been eliminated--that's great
But now warning / run time configuration errors diagnostic pop up dialog box has a text area control in it that is one single line of displayable text even when the message body actually contains 30+ lines of warnings about repository entry troubles and whatnot. My /etc/apt folder's list of repository sources seems to be getting pretty huge, and some of the older values should have been either commented out, updated to point to the old archived ubuntu versions or deleted from that configuration file so that no accumulation of cruft / wrong data / duplicate data causes any warning dialog box in the first place. But that dialog box when it does get displayed does not have a scrollable multi-line text control to contain the error diagnostics of multiple lines of display or whatever. Here is something to use on Ubuntu 17.10 of 2017-12-07 in order to reproduced the problem. All I was doing was adding a package and at the end of the applied updates the error dialog with all the warnings about the troubles in the configuration file come up... If you copy/paste my version of sources.list into your system, run synaptic package manager, then add, apply for a given selected package, the error dialog box with the errant control should come up... Be sure to backup your original copy before trying this out. root@c-desktop:~# cd /etc root@c-desktop:/etc# cd apt root@c-desktop:/etc/apt# ls apt.conf.d sources.list trusted.gpg preferences.d sources.list.d trusted.gpg.d root@c-desktop:/etc/apt# cat sources.list # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 17.10 _Artful Aardvark_ - Release amd64 (20171018)]/ artful main restricted # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu-Server 12.10 _Quantal Quetzal_ - Release amd64 (20121017.2)]/ quantal main restricted universe multiverse # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu-Server 12.10 _Quantal Quetzal_ - Release amd64 (20121017.2)]/ quantal main restricted # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 17.10 _Artful Aardvark_ - Release amd64 (20171018)]/ artful main restricted deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful main universe restricted multiverse deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful main universe restricted multiverse #Added by software-properties deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ artful-security universe main restricted multiverse deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-updates universe main restricted multiverse deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-backports universe main restricted multiverse # deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-backports main restricted universe multiverse #Added by software-properties # # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu-Server 12.10 _Quantal Quetzal_ - Release amd64 (20121017.2)]/ quantal main restricted universe multiverse # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to # newer versions of the distribution. # deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal main restricted # deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal main restricted ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the ## distribution. # deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates main restricted # deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates main restricted ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team. # deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal universe # deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal universe # deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates universe # deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates universe ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu ## security team. # deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal multiverse # deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal multiverse # deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates multiverse # deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates multiverse ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features. ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team. # deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-backports main restricted universe multiverse # deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-backports main restricted universe multiverse # deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security main restricted # deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security main restricted # deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security universe # deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security universe # deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security multiverse # deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main restricted universe # deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security multiverse ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's ## 'partner' repository. ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users. # deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu quantal partner # deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu quantal partner ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Ubuntu's ## 'extras' repository. # deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main universe restricted multiverse # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to # newer versions of the distribution. deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ artful main restricted # deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ artful main restricted ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the ## distribution. deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ artful-updates main restricted # deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ artful-updates main restricted ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team. deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ artful universe # deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ artful universe deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ artful-updates universe # deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ artful-updates universe ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu ## security team. deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ artful multiverse # deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ artful multiverse deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ artful-updates multiverse # deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ artful-updates multiverse ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features. ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team. deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ artful-backports main restricted universe multiverse # deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ artful-backports main restricted universe multiverse ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's ## 'partner' repository. ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users. # deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu artful partner # deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu artful partner # deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-security main restricted # deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-security universe # deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-security multiverse # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to # newer versions of the distribution. # deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ artful main restricted ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the ## distribution. # deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ artful-updates main restricted ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team. # deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ artful universe # deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ artful-updates universe ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu ## security team. # deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ artful multiverse # deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ artful-updates multiverse ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features. ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team. # deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ artful-backports main restricted universe multiverse ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's ## 'partner' repository. ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users. # deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu artful partner # deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu artful partner deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-security main restricted # deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-security main restricted deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-security universe # deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-security universe deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-security multiverse # deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-security multiverse root@c-desktop:/etc/apt# -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363939 Title: Dialog is not resizeable and is modal. 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