I installed the version of aptdaemon from -proposed for Artful and confirm that it fixes the bug.
bdmurray@clean-artful-amd64:~$ sudo apt-get install aptdaemon Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: python3-aptdaemon python3-aptdaemon.gtk3widgets The following packages will be upgraded: aptdaemon python3-aptdaemon python3-aptdaemon.gtk3widgets 3 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 162 not upgraded. Need to get 105 kB of archives. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y Get:1 http://192.168.10.7/ubuntu artful-proposed/main amd64 python3-aptdaemon.gtk3widgets all 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu17.1 [13.9 kB] Get:2 http://192.168.10.7/ubuntu artful-proposed/main amd64 aptdaemon all 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu17.1 [13.5 kB] Get:3 http://192.168.10.7/ubuntu artful-proposed/main amd64 python3-aptdaemon all 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu17.1 [77.1 kB] Fetched 105 kB in 0s (0 B/s) ** Attachment added: "20180305-details-dl.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/1690541/+attachment/5070089/+files/20180305-details-dl.png ** Tags removed: verification-needed verification-needed-artful ** Tags added: verification-done verification-done-artful -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1690541 Title: Scrolled windows in update-manager are too small to read To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptdaemon/+bug/1690541/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs