I can confirm this bug in Beta1 with all updates applied. Ubuntu 10.04 beta1 AMD64 When, for example, "apt-get update" is running the icon appears in the pannel (grayed out). But when the command finish the icon dissapears, even if there is updates to apply; and never appears automatically.
I have the gconf entry /apps/update-notifier/auto_launch as false update-notifier: Installed: 0.99 Candidate: 0.99 Version table: *** 0.99 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 0.98 0 500 cdrom://Ubuntu 10.04 _Lucid Lynx_ - Beta amd64 (20100317.1)/ lucid/main Packages -- [LUCID] update-notifier no longer shows update icon even with auto_launch=false https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/549799 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs