daily check for updates not working

[Tim Lunn]

Binary package hint: update-manager

Since upgrading from 7.10 to Hardy Heron

Automatic updates are not running, even though under 'System > Software Sources > Updates' 'Automatic updates' is set to check daily. I have been running update-manager every few days manually and it always picks up new packages, so I not really sure if this is a problem with the update-manager or perhaps cron job that controls it ?

Description: Ubuntu 8.04
Release: 8.04
update-manager:
  Installed: 1:0.87.24
  Candidate: 1:0.87.24
  Version table:
 *** 1:0.87.24 0
        500 cdrom://Ubuntu 8.04 _Hardy Heron_ - Release i386 (20080422.2) hardy/main Packages
        500 http://mirror.gamearena.com.au hardy/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[jkane13 (jeff-kane1)]

I have the same problem. I let Hardy Heron update a couple months ago. And now no automatic updates. Checked the setting,, and says to do so daily, but I have to manually check for them.

Let me know if you want to see some log. You may have to point me directly to it, but I will be happy to find it and post it.

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Thanks for your bugreport.

Could you please give me the output of (in a termianl window):
$ ls -l /var/lib/apt/periodic/

How is your system connected to the internet? Do you have a permanent connection?

Thanks,
 michael

[Tim Lunn (darkxst)]

$ ls -l /var/lib/apt/periodic/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2008-05-25 07:46 update-stamp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2008-05-27 07:45 update-success-stamp

machine is laptop connected through wireless to permanent cable
internet.

On Tue, 2008-05-27 at 14:18 +0000, Michael Vogt wrote:
> Thanks for your bugreport.
>
> Could you please give me the output of (in a termianl window):
> $ ls -l /var/lib/apt/periodic/
>
> How is your system connected to the internet? Do you have a permanent
> connection?
>
> Thanks,
> michael
>
> ** Changed in: update-notifier (Ubuntu)
> Sourcepackagename: update-manager => update-notifier
> Status: New => Incomplete
>

[Tim Lunn (darkxst)]

actually appears this problem may have been fixed in the latest version
(1:0.87.27) of update manager.

Tim

On Tue, 2008-05-27 at 14:18 +0000, Michael Vogt wrote:
> Thanks for your bugreport.
>
> Could you please give me the output of (in a termianl window):
> $ ls -l /var/lib/apt/periodic/
>
> How is your system connected to the internet? Do you have a permanent
> connection?
>
> Thanks,
> michael
>
> ** Changed in: update-notifier (Ubuntu)
> Sourcepackagename: update-manager => update-notifier
> Status: New => Incomplete
>

[jkane13 (jeff-kane1)]

root@j:/# ls -l /var/lib/apt/periodic/
total 0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2008-05-13 07:37 download-upgradeable-stamp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2008-05-27 07:42 update-stamp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2008-05-27 07:42 update-success-stamp

[jkane13 (jeff-kane1)]

So will it update the update manager. ;-) I just ran it manually, and there were 26 packages to update, but update manger was not one of them.

Oh yeah, I forgot ... I have a cable modem and am always connected.

[jkane13 (jeff-kane1)]

I have been doing the manual updates yet for a while. A couple days ago, I rebooted for no real good reason. Now this morning, the automatic update worked. I got a message to install updates.

Somewhere, it must have updated update manager, but needed a reboot to get it to work.

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Thanks for your reports, happy to hear that its fixed now.