Public bug reported: It is really frustating to wait for background update to finish. At times it hogs the bandwidth when some urgent work is to be done. There should be a way to bring it to foreground to either cancel it, or atleast know the progress.
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: update-manager 1:0.156.14.5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-26.41-generic-pae 3.2.19 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-26-generic-pae i686 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8 Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Jul 19 10:10:52 2012 GsettingsChanges: InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_IN:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_IN SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: update-manager UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 precise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1026446 Title: there should be a way to bring forward backgroung repository update To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/1026446/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs