Update Manager Doesn't Pay Attention to Network Status

[ɞєᾐ ἂ.]

Binary package hint: update-manager

Update-manager should check to see if there's an Internet connection before doing anything.

I don't have an Internet connection. When I first log on with my laptop, my whole system chugs along for a minute or two because update-manager is looking for updates. While my system is almost completely unresponsive, I have the free time to admire the update-manager's "working" icon sitting next to the the network-manager's "yup, you still can't afford an Internet connection" icon, side-by-side in the top-right of my screen.

Can someone look into this?

(I'm running Hardy, on a Dell Csixforty laptop. [Sorry, Hardy has caused the "six" key, my left ctrl key, and the minus/equals keys to stop working on my machine.])

[Richard Birnie (rbirnie-deactivatedaccount)]

Ben,
this seems like a reasonable suggestion. I will add it to the wishlist. Just for future reference, which version of update-manager are you using?

[ɞєᾐ ἂ. (talkingwires)]

Well, I'm running Hardy. The update-manager up to 0.87.14 at the moment.

I'm sorry to see this won't be fixed for the LTS, but at least it'll be considered for a later release. It's a small issue, but fixing it would add just a bit more polish...

[Michael Lustfield (michaellustfield)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New".

If you can confirm that bug bug has been resolved in Intrepid, please let us know if we can set the status to "Fix Released"

Thanks again!