Questions tagged [update-notifier]
The update-notifier tag has no usage guidance.
21
questions
0
votes
1
answer
373
views
update-notifier crashed with sigsegv
update-notifier crashed with sigsegv on newly installed Ubuntu 22.04.
0
votes
0
answers
56
views
How to run software updater once a day only? [duplicate]
It seems to me that software updater is running several times a day (Ubuntu 22.04).
This consumes CPU and network resources, possibly at times when they are needed for more important things.
The run ...
0
votes
2
answers
337
views
how to stop system startup apps (like update-notifier, evolution*, etc.) to start at login
Using "startup applications" I can remove MY installed apps from the startup. But there are some system apps like update-notifier, evolution-addressbook-factory, evolution-alarm-notify (and ...
1
vote
1
answer
48
views
Criteria used by update-notifier
I did a search for "update-notifier criteria used for determining when to update" but did not find anything.
I have always been curious about the criteria used to determine when an update is ...
0
votes
0
answers
49
views
Update notifier automatically re-enabled after updates?
I had disabled the GUI update notifier by selecting Preferences -> Software Updater -> Settings:
Check for new updates: Never.
Instead I wanted my apt-systemd-daily to do everything in ...
8
votes
1
answer
3k
views
Failed to update update-notifier, ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'debian'
I'm trying to update update-notifier and update-notifier-common, but I got this error messages instead. What should I do to fix the broken update?
Setting up update-notifier-common (3.192.40.4) ...
...
5
votes
0
answers
286
views
Why is update-notifier.desktop scanning /proc/3782/fd without permission?
Why is that, occasionally, update-notifier spits out a large number of "Permission denied" lines in journalctl?
Dec 04 08:55:32 ML systemd[1]: NetworkManager-dispatcher.service: Succeeded.
...
0
votes
0
answers
261
views
Update-notifier package doesn't notify on Kubuntu
Last week I installed Kubuntu and didn't like to update my packages through plasma-discover.
I've really liked Ubuntu's update-notifier package, which also exists on Lubuntu (update-notifier-qt) and ...
1
vote
1
answer
871
views
No update notifications for gnome-software: Which log to check?
I'm not getting update notifications (since a couple of months) for gnome-software though available updates (e.g. for snaps and flatpaks) show in the application and automatic updates are enabled.
e.g....
2
votes
0
answers
2k
views
/usr/lib/update-notifier/package-system-locked wants to execute as root
just curious... about 30 minutes after turning on my laptop I've been suprised by a window asking me for root password. Its content was something like (translated):
For executing '/usr/lib/update-...
3
votes
2
answers
3k
views
Linux e-mail notifier
I have Ubuntu Mate 20.04.1 LTS (Focal Fossa) 64-bit.
Please advise me how to be notified on my e-mails
without continuously checking out e-mail boxes.
Thank you.
0
votes
1
answer
1k
views
"System program problem detected do you want to report problem now ? Cancel | Report problem..."
Update-notifier shows:
"System program problem detected
do you want to report problem now ?
Cancel | Report problem..."
whenever I start ubuntu 18.04. I have reported problem many times and ...
-1
votes
1
answer
589
views
Why does update-notifier needs tons of additional packages to be installed?
I see some people have these motd scripts showing them information like:
23 packages can be updated.
0 updates are security updates.
I did some research and found out these are provided by a package ...
5
votes
1
answer
11k
views
broken packages (update-notifier, update managticer) that disrupts all kind of installation using apt or apt-get or dpkg or even synap
since a long time , I am having problems whenever I install a package. for example, when i try to install alien package that's what I get:
sudo apt-get install alien
Reading package lists... Done
...
3
votes
0
answers
783
views
Unattended-upgrades disagrees with update-notifier
Ubuntu Server 18 LTS here, with unattended-upgrades installed, and security repo enabled. It is working, as confirmed by tail /var/log/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrades.log.
Running sudo ...
1
vote
0
answers
1k
views
update-notifier-common error in Ubuntu 16.04
I always get an error saying Ubuntu 16.04 has experienced an internal error when the UI is loading. I checked for the reason and found:-
ExecutablePath:-
/usr/lib/update-notifier/package-data-...
2
votes
1
answer
4k
views
Update-notifier-common & flashplugin-installer errors
I'm new to Linux. I just dual booted Ubuntu 16.04 on a Windows 10 computer. Every time I try to install anything errors having to do with update-notifier-common and flashplugin-installer. Here is an ...
0
votes
1
answer
55
views
Why do I see these messages while updating Ubuntu 14.04 [duplicate]
LC MESSAGES
LC TYPE
LC ALL
as Default locale :No such file or directory.
Please let me know how to correct this?
1
vote
1
answer
759
views
Updater-notifier-common wont install on 16.10 OVH
I've recently done a fresh install of Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety onto my OVH server but it seemed to come missing a large amount of basic things such as most of my system tools, no mousepad, nano, curl, ...
1
vote
1
answer
202
views
In 14.04 Packages/reboot warnings in motd take an additional login to show up
Note: This is not a new problem and has been going on for a while.
If you log in via SSH when new updates are available or after installing updates, the MOTD doesn't reflect the last changes you've ...
0
votes
1
answer
154
views
Software Updater Not Automatically Launching Any More
I run Ubuntu 12.10 32-bit and (if this is relevant) use the Cinnamon desktop. When I first installed Ubuntu about a year and a half ago, the software updater would pop up automatically whenever ...