Found the root cause of my problems... I'm currently running two installations of 11.04, one on my desktop PC, one on my netbook. Both didn't notify me of updates, at least I thought so:
1.) On my desktop, update-notifier works correctly, but I didn't understand the way the user is notified. In the meantime I discovered that there is no pop-up message or status bar icon. Instead, update- manager simply starts in the background (minimized to the dock). I had to get used to this behaviour. The dock is hidden most of the time, so if you miss the application starting up, you might not notice it. 2.) On my netbook, things were a bit more complicated. Having learned the new way of notification, I noticed that update-manager starts up immediately if I 'sudo apt-get update' manually and updates are available. So the problem wasn't with update-notifier, but with the way apt updates are performed. Digging through /etc/cron.daily/apt, I found out that the update is only performed if the computer is on AC power when anacron runs the script. I usually don't use my netbook on AC power. Most of the time I charge it and then carry it around running on battery (that's what netbooks were made for, BTW ;-). Issue #2 is very annoying for users of portable devices, maybe I'll open a new bug for it. This behaviour should at least be configurable. With 6+ hours of battery life I don't think it's dangerous to update the apt database without the AC adapter connected. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/126775 Title: Update Notifier does not appear after upgrade to Natty To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-notifier/+bug/126775/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
