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you need to let it go all the way through the process and it will put you into a browser session attempting to log you into launchpad. if you don't have an account, create one. then you can add all the info you want

On Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:47:59 -0600
Aere Greenway <Aere@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I tried the command you suggested below on the machine on which I
> experienced the problem during the upgrade.  
> 
> It automatically gathered information that it was prepared to send, but
> there was nowhere I could enter text describing the actual problem, so I
> cancelled-out of that.  
> 
> Do you have any other suggestions of how to enter the bug report?  
> 
> - Aere
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2012-10-19 at 13:36 -0700, ∅ wrote:
> 
> > ubuntu-bug update-manager-core
> > ?
> > 
> > On Fri, 19 Oct 2012 13:56:25 -0600
> > Aere Greenway <Aere@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Fri, 2012-10-19 at 12:23 -0700, ∅ wrote:
> > > 
> > > > i'd file a bug on this. both of us faced problems with the upgrade that weren't there on a fresh install so that may be the problem. in fact the two testcases for lubuntu upgrade on amd64/i386 on the rc passed fine, too.
> > > > 
> > > > wxl
> > > > 
> > > > On Fri, 19 Oct 2012 12:36:59 -0600
> > > > Aere Greenway <Aere@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > On Fri, 2012-10-19 at 10:47 -0700, ∅ wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > > On Fri, 19 Oct 2012 10:51:47 -0600
> > > > > > Aere Greenway <Aere@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > > when I went
> > > > > > > to continue with the upgrade, I discovered that the buttons to click-on
> > > > > > > for continuing, were off the bottom of the screen, and there was no way
> > > > > > > to get them back!  
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > this isn't the same as a missing lxpanel [1] is it? i seem to be having all sorts of lxpanel issues with an upgrade from 12.04 on my eeepc.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > wxl
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxpanel/+bug/1068640
> > > > > 
> > > > > wxl:
> > > > > 
> > > > > This has nothing to do with the panel (that I can think of).  
> > > > > 
> > > > > The dialog box, when initially displayed, fit okay in the screen.  But
> > > > > when I clicked to expand the list of packages to be removed, the window
> > > > > expanded to make room to display the list, and in doing so, expanded the
> > > > > bottom of the window beyond the bottom of the screen.  
> > > > > 
> > > > > Moving the window to the top of the screen was not enough to expose the
> > > > > buttons.  Collapsing the list did not restore the window to its former
> > > > > size.  Minimizing (iconifying) the window, and then restoring it did not
> > > > > restore it to its former size.  
> > > > > 
> > > > > And neither button (I found out later) was selected as the default, so I
> > > > > couldn't have just hit "Enter" to click the default button.  
> > > > > 
> > > > > I tried switching to the alternate desktop, but no part of the window
> > > > > was visible there.  
> > > > > 
> > > > > My only option (that I could think of) was to close the window, and
> > > > > abort the upgrade.  
> > > > > 
> > > > > In doing that, it did restore the system to its former state, and I was
> > > > > able to re-initiate the upgrade process, this time avoiding expanding
> > > > > the list of packages to be removed, so I could see (and click-on) the
> > > > > button to proceed with the upgrade.  
> > > > > 
> > > > > -- 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Sincerely,
> > > > > Aere
> > > 
> > > wxl:
> > > 
> > > I will do that, if I can figure out how to do it.  
> > > 
> > > Nothing crashes, so a crash report is not generated.  
> > > 
> > > It is a bug in the upgrade process, but is is unclear to me how to
> > > generate the bug report against it.  The Update Manager does not have
> > > any menu entry for entering a bug (or any menu entry at all).  
> > > 
> > > How do I go about filing this bug report?  
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > 
> > > Sincerely,
> > > Aere
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> Sincerely,
> Aere