update manager

[Mario Vukelic]

On Fri, 2008-11-14 at 19:40 +0000, norman wrote:
> I am running Ubuntu 8.10 on an Inspiron 1525 and have noticed that
> Update Manager in System/Administration does not indicate when there are
> updates to be download. Yet, on a desktop machine of my brother's it
> does. I have not been able to find anything relating to this difficulty
> and I wonder if anyone could suggest any way I can correct this.

Most likely you don't have the notification area on the panel.
Rightclick a panel, choose "Add to panel ...". Look for "Notification
Area" and drag it to the panel where you want to place it. Several
applications show notifications there, update manager among them.