[Bug 1022443] [NEW] Confusing notification messages

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Public bug reported:

When there are updates to apply, I get an exclamation mark on the
update-notifier icon. I click on it and get a notification popup that
says something like "click on the notification icon to install updates".
If I click on the notification icon - the thing that had the exclamation
mark - nothing happens; the popup is renewed. What I have to do is click
on the notification popup itself, which then disappears (actually is
replaced by a tiny one containing nothing). *Then* I can click on the
notification icon to get a menu which allows me to attempt to install
updates. This seems like a fairly clumsy sequence of actions, and it
would be very easy to assume that, since clicking on the other does
nothing, clicking on the notification had installed the updates.

I am using gnome-shell.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: update-notifier 0.119ubuntu8.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.31-lowlatency 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-lowlatency x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jul  9 00:57:24 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-notifier
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-27 (72 days ago)

** Affects: update-notifier (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise

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Title:
  Confusing notification messages

Status in “update-notifier” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When there are updates to apply, I get an exclamation mark on the
  update-notifier icon. I click on it and get a notification popup that
  says something like "click on the notification icon to install
  updates". If I click on the notification icon - the thing that had the
  exclamation mark - nothing happens; the popup is renewed. What I have
  to do is click on the notification popup itself, which then disappears
  (actually is replaced by a tiny one containing nothing). *Then* I can
  click on the notification icon to get a menu which allows me to
  attempt to install updates. This seems like a fairly clumsy sequence
  of actions, and it would be very easy to assume that, since clicking
  on the other does nothing, clicking on the notification had installed
  the updates.

  I am using gnome-shell.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: update-notifier 0.119ubuntu8.4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.31-lowlatency 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-lowlatency x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Jul  9 00:57:24 2012
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-notifier
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-27 (72 days ago)

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