no "upgrade available" notification

[Clay Weber]

On Monday 27 April 2009 11:59:43 am GreyGeek wrote:
> Lindsay Mathieson wrote:
> > On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:21:11 am D. R. Evans wrote:
> >> I have seen no trace of an "upgrade is available" icon, which surprises
> >> me. If I force a download of all the repositories (from the main
> >> Canonical server), I don't see any obvious failures, but still the
> >> system doesn't suggest that there are any kinds of updates or upgrades
> >> available.
> >
> > sudo apt-get update
> > sudo apt-get install update-manager
> > sudo update-manager -d
>
> Shouldn't that be:  sudo apt-get install update-manager-kde  ???

Correct, as the above installs the ubuntu (gnome/gtk) version of the tool

> I tried that it it resulted in an output that ended with "0;0" and the
> konsole hung.
>
> Using Synaptic I reinstalled update-manager-kde and things seemed to
> return to normal.
> GG

That might be a good thing to try, I was going to suggest it myself.
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