Notification Widget Does Not Notify of Software / Security Upgrades

[logan01]

However it did before I removed it and then installed again to system tray. It works somewhat, for example, if I power down and back up, it'll have the numeral 2 showing and a popup indicates (1) connection to wifi and (2) touchpad disabled.

Three times now, randomly, I have checked the Software Updater app and there will be updates awaiting installation. When I click "ok" to update, they do update and at the same time the notifier widget will "wake up" and show a number, for example. if the update is a single package of 18 updates, it'll show the number "1". I could turn the Updater into a fat green widget but I prefer not to. I've clicked in about everything here and I find noting that indicates "Hey, you want to have the notifier notify you when updates are available?"

[logan01]

Today was the first update since 20 December. It was "flash plugin-installer". No biggie I reckon, however, no heads-up in my Notifications. I launched Software Updater and it checked for updates. When it "found" the one update, I then got the single notification (1) in the Notification widget.

[logan01]

Progress is at hand. Noticed the numeral "1" in my notifications widget moments ago. It pretty much said that a software package was available and consisted of 19 updates. Unlike before, I could not launch the install from the message. Had to go to Updater and complete the install. As the Updater was updating the number changer to 2. Better though.

[Qqmike]

(A non-specific response ...) Hi logan01. Just to say that I get these things happening now and then from the updater-notifier-thingy. Sometimes, it works perfectly. Sometimes I have to nudge it, like you just did. Sometimes it tells me I have an update, I click Install (on the pop-up window) and it tells me all done, finished, everything up-to-date (even though it didn't do anything new)! (And sometimes I can find an update in Muon, Check for Updates, sometimes not.) But it all just keeps flowing OK and working. I'm using 14.04, btw.

Sometimes, if I feel I must do something, I may re-boot; or in Muon do the "Check for Updates," or even run a standard fixer recipe for apt:
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -f install
(although this recipe is usually applied when there seems to be errors popping up re packages; but it doesn't hurt to run it).

Glad you got some different result this time.