update manager gui failing

[yonas abraham]

On 7/14/06, Ouattara Oumar Aziz <wattazoum at gmail.com> wrote:
> yonas abraham a écrit :
> > On 7/14/06, Ouattara Oumar Aziz <wattazoum at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > in dapper, the updater applet comes up now and then with "there are xx
> >> > updates" when i click it, it ask me my password and shows me the
> >> > update information progress bar and it dissapirs. the aplet change its
> >> > color to dark and the toltips show "a package manager is working". But
> >> > it never update anything.
> >>
> >> Normally, it says "a package manager is working" when there is a lock
> >> created by a package management system. Do you have synaptic or any
> >> package manager opened when you try to update ?
> >
> > No I don't have any package manager opened. Actually the Applet caomes
> > back to full orage color after like 5 min or so and keep says "there
> > are xx updates available". So I think the lock was coming from the
> > aplet updater itself.
> >
> That's pretty weird o_O . Did it became suddenly buggy or was it buggy
> since your install ?

It was working fine the time I installed it. But I have noticed  this
problem atleast starting 3 weeks.

> You might be right, maybe the applet check for the lock twice :-/

have no idea