update-notifier icon does not show all the time for people without automatic internet connection

[Shirish Agarwal]

Binary package hint: update-notifier

talking to people I realized that update-notifier should be on all the time. The only way the ´lightbulb´ will work is if I am running update- manager & then checking/reloading the database. Whether I use in updates , only notify, all updates in background, security updates in background, things remain the same. Attaching a picture which also shows the same thing. This bug is reproducible all the time.

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Thanks for your bugreport.

How are you connected to the internet? If its via a modem or a connection you have to trigger manually thta is expected that you have to manually click on "check" in update-notifier.

Cheers,
 Michael

[Shirish Agarwal (shirishag75)]

Hi Michael,
       I'm connected to the net via a ADSL 2+ modem+router, D-Link 502T . http://www.dlink.com.au/Products.aspx?Sec=1&Sub1=1&Sub2=2&PID=48 is a similar product. The router dials by itself . I just need to put on or plugin the electrical socket.

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

A possible fix for this is to check /var/lib/apt/periodic/update-stamp and if it is is old and does not appear to get updated then we shoudl warn that probably.

Cheers,
 Michael

[Leonardo Nicolas (leonicolas)]

Hi
I installed Ubuntu 9.04 RC 64 bits and later upgraded to the final version using the "apt-get upgrade" command.
I have noticed that the update-manager icon is not shown in the notification area when new updates are available.
What I have done is to access the update manager daily checking for possible new updates.
Is this problem related to this bug?
Is there a way of solving this problem?

Cheers,
Nicolas

[Thomas Hotz (thotz-deactivatedaccount)]

Is this bug still an issue for you? Which Ubuntu version do you use? Thank you for telling us!

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