Ubuntu
kdebase-workspace package

kpackagekit update notification tray icons disappear after only a few seconds

Bug #342017 reported by Michael Marley
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
KDE Base
Fix Released
Medium
kdebase-workspace (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: kpackagekit

When KPackageKit does an automatic update of the APT indices and finds that there is an update, it displays a tray icon and a KDE notification. The KDE notification disappears as it should after a few seconds. However, the icon disappears too, so the average user would probably not realize that there were any updates at all. The icon should stay in the system tray until the user dismisses it or applies the updates, like the old update notifier did.

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Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman) wrote :

The notification popup is actually supposed to stay there until dismissed, but due to a bug in the new Plasma systray notifications the persistence setting is not respected.

Changed in kpackagekit:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Triaged
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Changed in kdebase:
status: Unknown → Confirmed
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Musthafa Meeran (musthafameeran-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

I can also confirm this is Kubuntu Jaunty KDE 4.2.1/kpackagekit 0.4-0ubuntu1

Thanks a lot...

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vista killer (vistakiller) wrote :

I have the same problem with kubuntu jaunty. Also i have notice that if you click to update software in this panel, nothing happens

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Michael Marley (mamarley) wrote :

This bug is now invalid for Jaunty, because the updating framework has been switched back to the old system.

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Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman) wrote :

It still would be beneficial to track the status of this bug upstream to keep any eye on whether or not we can re-enable the new system in the future, imo.

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Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman) wrote :

Actually an issue with knotify itself.

affects: kdebase-workspace (Ubuntu) → kdebase-runtime (Ubuntu)
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Changed in kdebase:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman) wrote :

Ok, so it actually was a problem with the notifications. Regardless, a fix has been committed upstream for KDE 4.3.

affects: kdebase-runtime (Ubuntu) → kdebase-workspace (Ubuntu)
Changed in kdebase-workspace (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
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Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman) wrote :

The fix has been released to the development version of Kubuntu 9.10.
Backported packages of the KDE 4.3 beta will be made available for Kubuntu 9.04 users in the next few days.

Changed in kdebase-workspace (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Piotr Kęplicz (keplicz) wrote :

I experience these problems on Karmic, no matter if KDE or Ayatana notifications are used.

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sanitycheck (gcompton) wrote :

I, too, have this same problem in 9.10 Karmic 64-bit. Workstation is a fresh install, and notification is turned on, but I never get a warning icon when updates are available.

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Changed in kdebase:
importance: Unknown → Medium
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