Public bug reported:
If do-release-update finds gnu screen installed, it will use it.
However, if do-release-upgrade using screen fails, the screen shows:
== Command terminated with exit status 1 (<date>) ==
If you press any key, we then get the truly bizarre message:
Press x to destroy or r to resurrect window
I used gnu screen for quite a few years before moving to tmux and had
never seen that message before. It is very unclear at this stage what is
going on (aside from the fact the upgrade failed somehow) and what the
correct response should be. In fact, initially, the assumption is that
the message above is coming from do-release-upgrade itself which
confuses further:
- Does 'r' imply the failed upgrade will be retried?
- What will 'x' destroy exactly? The window? The screen managed process? The
upgrade attempt? My system?
Is there some way we can avoid this rather scary message appearing, or
atleast customize it to explain in simple terms what choices the user
has I wonder?
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: update-manager-core 1:0.156.6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-16.25-generic-pae 3.2.6
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-16-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.93-0ubuntu2
Aptdaemon:
Mar 1 08:45:36 azul AptDaemon: INFO: Quitting due to inactivity
Mar 1 08:45:36 azul AptDaemon: INFO: Quitting was requested
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Mar 1 10:02:30 2012
DpkgHistoryLog.txt:
Start-Date: 2012-03-01 08:45:01
Commandline: apt-get -y dist-upgrade
Upgrade: libncurses-ruby1.8:i386 (1.2.4-4, 1.2.4-4build1), ruby-ncurses:i386
(1.2.4-4, 1.2.4-4build1), libasound2:i386 (1.0.25-1ubuntu6, 1.0.25-1ubuntu7),
libncurses-ruby:i386 (1.2.4-4, 1.2.4-4build1), libasound2-dev:i386
(1.0.25-1ubuntu6, 1.0.25-1ubuntu7)
End-Date: 2012-03-01 08:45:36
GsettingsChanges:
com.ubuntu.update-manager first-run false
com.ubuntu.update-manager launch-time 1325929900
com.ubuntu.update-manager show-details true
com.ubuntu.update-manager window-height 600
com.ubuntu.update-manager window-width 600
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-01-12 (48 days ago)
** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386 precise
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do-release-upgrade fails with confusing (gnu screen) message "Press x
to destroy or r to resurrect window"
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