"Install all available updates" from Unity dash does not work

[Rüdiger Kupper]

When the update-manager icon is kept in the Unity dash, it shows an option to install all available updates when right-clicked. Chosing this option does not work, unless update-manager is currently running (which makes this option pretty usesless, as the running update-manager has an "Install" button anyway ;-) ).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: update-manager 1:0.152.25.5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-generic 3.0.6
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Dec 11 14:28:46 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: update-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-14 (57 days ago)

[RedSingularity (redsingularity)]

Do you still see this behavior with the latest update-manager?
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[Rüdiger Kupper (ruediger.kupper)]

No -- whatever happened, it now works as expected. Fine!
Closing this bug as invalid.
Thank you!

[Rüdiger Kupper (ruediger.kupper)]

Sorry to correct myself: Right now, the problem is back:
- if I right-click on Update Manager's icon in the Unity dah, I see the options "Check for Updates" and "Install All Available Updates"
- left-clicking on either of these options does nothing.
Given that it worked yesterday, there must be something interacting with Update Manager or the Unity dash.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

I only see the options "Check for Updates" and "Install All Available Updates" when update-manager is running otherwise I just see "Update Manager" and "Remove from Launcher".

[Rüdiger Kupper (ruediger.kupper)]

I see "Check for Updates" always, and "Install All Available Updates" if updates are available -- regardless of update manager running or not.

[RedSingularity (redsingularity)]

Kupper, What version of update-manager are you using?

apt-cache policy update-manager
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[RedSingularity (redsingularity)]

Sorry, is it the same that version apport filled in when the report was filled out. 1:0.152.25.5

[Rüdiger Kupper (ruediger.kupper)]

Exactly. 1:0.152.25.5

[RedSingularity (redsingularity)]

And what is the actual output of:

apt-cache policy update-manager
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[Rüdiger Kupper (ruediger.kupper)]

$ apt-cache policy update-manager
update-manager:
  Installed: 1:0.152.25.5
  Candidate: 1:0.152.25.5
  Version table:
 *** 1:0.152.25.5 0
        500 http://mirror.informatik.uni-mannheim.de/pub/linux/distributions/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://mirror.informatik.uni-mannheim.de/pub/linux/distributions/ubuntu/ oneiric-security/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:0.152.25 0
        500 http://mirror.informatik.uni-mannheim.de/pub/linux/distributions/ubuntu/ oneiric/main amd64 Packages

[RedSingularity (redsingularity)]

On my testbed machine, the option to install updates only appears when the update-manager is running. Like Brian said, it does not seem to be there when its not running. Are you sure that its really not running when you right click? Try running this in a terminal to verify it is really not running:

ps -e | grep update
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[Rüdiger Kupper (ruediger.kupper)]

Hi Tim, update-manager is not running, but update-notifier is:
> ruediger@helge:~$ ps -e| grep update
> 2848 ? 00:00:01 update-notifier

[Rüdiger Kupper (ruediger.kupper)]

In "Sortware Sources", I have configured:

Automatically check: Daily
Security updates: Download and install automatically
Other updates: Display immediately

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for update-manager (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Jazzicatz (jessicatz-fairymeadow-gmail)]

This happens to me too on Ubuntu 11.10 and update-manager 1:0.152.25.9.
I set my update-manager to display new updates, and when that happens, it will display its icon in the dash with a number of how many updates there are available.
Left-clicking it has no effect, and no right-click item except for 'Quit' has any effect either.
It's super annoying to have to right-click quit the icon before I can launch the update-manager to actually install these updates.