<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 3:20 AM, Colin Law <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:clanlaw@gmail.com" target="_blank">clanlaw@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On 14 January 2015 at 22:40, Bob <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-qygzanxc@listemail.net">ubuntu-qygzanxc@listemail.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> ** Reply to message from Colin Law <<a href="mailto:clanlaw@gmail.com">clanlaw@gmail.com</a>> on Wed, 14 Jan 2015<br>
> 21:53:28 +0000<br>
><br>
>> On 14 January 2015 at 19:10, Bob <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-qygzanxc@listemail.net">ubuntu-qygzanxc@listemail.net</a>> wrote:<br>
>> > ...<br>
>> > I did not start the updater the system did. I do not know how long the icon<br>
>> > was on the launch pad.<br>
>><br>
>> OK, when you said you clicked on the icon I thought you meant to start<br>
>> it.<br>
><br>
> I guess it is semantics. The system places the Software Updater icon on the<br>
> launch pad when there are updates available. When I clicked on the Software<br>
> Updater icon did I start the program or was it already running?<br>
<br>
</span>What you originally typed was not incorrect, it was just open to<br>
either interpretation.<br>
If it has the little triangular arrow shown on the left hand side then<br>
it is running. If it also has the arrow on the right hand side then<br>
it is the current active window.<br>
<br>
If you had locked the update manager to the launcher then it would<br>
always appear there but not running so clicking it would start it<br>
running. If it is not locked to the launcher but launches itself to<br>
check for updates then it will appear in the launcher with the<br>
triangle, and clicking it should just open it. It seems this is what<br>
was not happening for you.<br>
<br>
Possibly this bug<br>
<a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/993837" target="_blank">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/993837</a><br><span class=""><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></blockquote><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div></div><br></div></div>