update-notifier does not work

[Horst Schlonz]

Am Dienstag, den 10.01.2006, 13:43 +0000 schrieb john levin:

> > i can't start update-notifier myself because it is already running.
> > sadly it doesn't do anything.
> > 
> > 
> Is it possible that your preferences need tweaking? Is Software Update 
> set to check every n days?
> 

the preferences were the first thing, i've looked at. i'm not stupid.
they are ok. software update is set to check for updates every day.