Updates notification

[Guest]

Hi guys... First time here, so be gentle

A few days ago I noticed that, when updates are available, the usual icon in the system tray doesn't appear.
Everything else works perfectly, whether I update through system settings, or through the console... I just don't get a notification when an update is available.

Any idea why?

[Rog131]

Re: Updates notification

Welcome to the Kubuntu world .


Do you have the packages ? :

update-notifier-kde

An applet to show a systray icon when apt has software updates to be
installed, when Apport has crash reports, for reboot notification and
for upgrade hook messages.

and

update-manager-kde

Support modules for update-notifier-kde to check for new distro releases and download the
dist-upgrade tool.

Do you have the "Check for updates" enabled ?

K > Applications > System > Software Management (KPackageKit)
=>
KPackageKit > Settings > Edit Software Sources
=>
Software Sources > Updates -> Automatic updates

or

Alt+F2 and type: "kdesudo software-properties-kde"




Is the "update-notifier-kde" running ?

Konsole:

ps aux | grep update

It should tell something like:

username 4031 0.1 3.5 106624 36520 ? SN 18:16 0:04 python /usr/bin/update-notifier-kde

[Guest]

Re: Updates notification

Thanks... you pointed me in the right direction

Although update-notifier-kde is installed, one of its dependencies (python qt4 dbus bindings) was missing, so the notifier couldn't start. I've installed the package, and all we have to do now is wait for another update to be available

Thanks.