Software Uptater problems

[Tommy Trussell]

On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 3:20 AM, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 14 January 2015 at 22:40, Bob <ubuntu-qygzanxc at listemail.net> wrote:
> > ** Reply to message from Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> on Wed, 14 Jan
> 2015
> > 21:53:28 +0000
> >
> >> On 14 January 2015 at 19:10, Bob <ubuntu-qygzanxc at listemail.net> wrote:
> >> > ...
> >> > I did not start the updater the system did.  I do not know how long
> the icon
> >> > was on the launch pad.
> >>
> >> OK, when you said you clicked on the icon I thought you meant to start
> >> it.
> >
> > I guess it is semantics.  The system places the Software Updater icon on
> the
> > launch pad when there are updates available.  When I clicked on the
> Software
> > Updater icon did I start the program or was it already running?
>
> What you originally typed was not incorrect, it was just open to
> either interpretation.
> If it has the little triangular arrow shown on the left hand side then
> it is running.  If it also has the arrow on the right hand side then
> it is the current active window.
>
> If you had locked the update manager to the launcher then it would
> always appear there but not running so clicking it would start it
> running.  If it is not locked to the launcher but launches itself to
> check for updates then it will appear in the launcher with the
> triangle, and clicking it should just open it.  It seems this is what
> was not happening for you.
>
> Possibly this bug
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/993837
>
>
I have an assortment of cast-off systems running various versions of linux
(mostly Ubuntu) and I have seen this behavior in low-memory situations. (I
tend to run FireFox and Chrome, both with lots of tabs and Thunderbird open
all at once, and with a system having 2GB or less of RAM, there's not a lot
left to swap out.) Software updater would sometimes flat-out crash.

I saw this happen ESPECIALLY in Ubuntu versions prior to 14.04. It seems to
happen much less, maybe never, in 14.10, even when when I have lots of
stuff in memory. Of course with so little RAM I also don't always like to
run Unity, though today I am (2GB RAM netbook, 1.66Ghz dual-core atom
processor, Ubuntu 14.10), and I have everything running (sluggishly!) but
Software Updater has been working correctly.
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