update manager

[norman]

On Fri, 2008-11-14 at 20:46 +0100, Mario Vukelic wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-11-14 at 19:40 +0000, norman wrote:
> > I am running Ubuntu 8.10 on an Inspiron 1525 and have noticed that
> > Update Manager in System/Administration does not indicate when there are
> > updates to be download. Yet, on a desktop machine of my brother's it
> > does. I have not been able to find anything relating to this difficulty
> > and I wonder if anyone could suggest any way I can correct this.
> 
> Most likely you don't have the notification area on the panel.
> Rightclick a panel, choose "Add to panel ...". Look for "Notification
> Area" and drag it to the panel where you want to place it. Several
> applications show notifications there, update manager among them.
> 
Perhaps I did not explain myself very well. I assumed that when there
are updates to be downloaded, if I clicked on Update Manager in
System/Administration the window that appears would show any updates
waiting. If I open a terminal and use sudo apt-get upgrade followed by
sudo apt-get update and I get an icon in the top panel showing that
there are updates the Update Manager window is still empty. However,
when I click on the icon in the top panel the Update Manager window
which opens does show the updates. This seems quite odd to me.

Norman