The issue here is not that the error message is unclear; the issue is that update-manager is being run with $DISPLAY unset, when this shouldn't ever happen on the desktop. So something is wrong in the privilege handling stack when we try to do a partial upgrade.
** Summary changed: - cryptic traceback when running update-manager w/no X $DISPLAY + Partial upgrade results in cryptic traceback because $DISPLAY is not set -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/848915 Title: Partial upgrade results in cryptic traceback because $DISPLAY is not set To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-release-notes/+bug/848915/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
