[Bug 1046563] Re: update-manager never appears on lubuntu precise

[Scott Cowles Jacobs]

I since changed both categories of updates ("security" and "other") to
"Display Immediately", and from then (2013-11-24) until now 2013-12-14
Update Manager has never popped up to offer to inform me of updates to
install.

Question:  If in the "Software & Updates" window (either directly from Lubuntu's Preferences menu or from Synaptic), "Automatically check for updates"  is set to "Daily", when, exactly, does it check? 
Upon booting?  Then it should have checked many times from then until now...
Were it set to check at 11:59:59 pm, then it would never check, as I am not up at midnight.  

[Here's a weird thing...  I just brought up Synaptic, and while the Preferences "Software & Updates" window shows "Display Immediately" for both categories of updates ("security" and "other"), Synaptic had "Display Weekly" for "Other".  I assumed that both places accessed the same program and data - this implies that there are two places that the information is being stored.  Probably not a good idea.
This does NOT explain my problem, however, as it has been several weeks since I updated, and still nothing reported from UpdateManager.]

I have noticed that this is ultimately a Gnome app, so I will look and
see if there is a bug there for this, and add to that, or enter a new
one...

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Title:
  update-manager never appears on lubuntu precise

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  i have upgraded to 12.04.1 and I've recently noticed that update-
  manager no longer prompts to install updates.  Previous to 12.04.1, it
  was mostly popping up every day.

  To reproduce, run the cron script and see if update-manager comes up,
  which it won't.

  to fix the bug, update-manager should show updates when they are
  available.

  I believe that update-manager works properly on a default install of
  lubuntu 12.04.  however, once it runs and updates to the new update
  manager, update manager turns itself off.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: update-manager 1:0.156.14.9
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-29.46-generic 3.2.24
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-29-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12
  Aptdaemon:

  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Sep  5 17:28:06 2012
  DpkgHistoryLog.txt:

  DpkgTerminalLog.txt:

  GsettingsChanges:
   com.ubuntu.update-manager first-run false
   com.ubuntu.update-manager launch-time 1343476329
   com.ubuntu.update-manager show-details true
   com.ubuntu.update-manager window-height 692
   com.ubuntu.update-manager window-width 600
  InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 12.04 "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120205)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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