[Hoary] Update-manager notification : how does it work ?

[Adam Membrey]

ioliver wrote:
> I also find that update-manager works fine but that I never get a
> notification icon. I'd love to know the intended mechanism so I could
> then check logs files, fiddle time stamps, and generally try and prod
> around to get the icon to appear.
> 
> Many people have the same issue (no icon) but it seems to "just
> work"(tm) for loads others.
> 
> Ian
> 
> 

try a sudo apt-get update from the terminal and give it a few minutes.