Public bug reported: For a long time I have gotten annoying update messages every time I log in, about flashplugin-installer not being downloaded correctly. I get prompted if I wish to install, and upon clicking yes, a terminal flashes on the screen. The installation likely fails, but there is no real way to verify since the terminal is killed immediately.
I've managed to track it down to being a proxy error. Simply, the update-notifier-common script in /etc/cron.daily does not respect my workstation's proxy settings. ** Affects: update-notifier (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1227571 Title: update-notifier-common.cron.daily does not respect proxy settings To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-notifier/+bug/1227571/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs