[Bug 925260] Re: Update Manager does not open, but the icon appears on the dash when updates are available

[Ernesto Rapetti]

Same problem for me. Also my laptop is fine but the PC has this bug.

Using alt-tab to select update manager doesn't open the window either.

Even reinstalling update-manager didn't help. I used this procedure to
uninstall:

1.- sudo apt-get remove update-manager
2.- sudo rm -r /etc/update-manager
     sudo rm -r /usr/share/update-manager
     sudo rm -r /usr/lib/update-manager
     sudo rm -r /var/lib/update-manager
     sudo rm -r ~/.cache/update-manager-core
     sudo rm -r ~/.gconf/apps/update-manager
3.- sudo apt-get install update-manager

The only workarround is to close the icon in the unity bar and start
update-manager from dash or the main menu.

Update-manager is version 1:0.156.14.4, as reported by "apt-cache policy
update-manager"

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Title:
  Update Manager does not open, but the icon appears on the dash when
  updates are available

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  My Update Manager in 11.10 never opens correctly, unless I am in GNOME3 instead of Unity. When new updates appear, the icon shows on the dash, but the window never opens when I click on it. I can right-click and say "Install Updates" or "Check for Updates," which is all good because it does what it is supposed to with those two features, but it gets really annoying because I cannot choose which updates to not install! Please fix this problem ASAP!
  The same problem appears every time I reinstall Ubuntu 11.10 on this machine, but the Update Manager works fine on every other 11.10 machine I use. It is very frustrating.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: update-manager 1:0.152.25.5
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-15.26-generic 3.0.13
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-15-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Feb  1 22:13:55 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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