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update-manager package

update-manager spins wheel and never asks for password Lucid 10.04 Netbook remix

Bug #714689 reported by Jim Martin
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: update-manager

This is sporadic - A clutzy workaround that I found is to always click 'Settings' first which does bring up the password dialog. However I deliberately avoided the workaround so as to send the bug report with system info when it is actually happening.

Very inconvenient and discouraging for Linux newbie.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: update-manager 1:0.134.11
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-28.55-generic 2.6.32.27+drm33.12
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-28-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Feb 7 11:25:57 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook-Remix 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.4)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager

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Jim Martin (jmartin9) wrote :
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Phillip Susi (psusi) wrote :

I'm having trouble following your description. You open update-manager from the menu, and instead of clicking settings, you do what exactly?

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Jim Martin (jmartin9) wrote : Re: [Bug 714689] Re: update-manager spins wheel and never asks for password Lucid 10.04 Netbook remix

Sorry to abbreviate.

 1. Normally Update Manager has 'automatically started' on its own -
I'm Not starting it manually from the menu.

 2. As one might expect from a normal newbie - I click "Install
Updates"

 3. Not much happens, except the spinning wheel icon.

 4. No password dialog displays - see number 3 above.

=====================

What I discovered was a workaround which involved clicking Settings
first, and then closing them, before clicking "Install Updates"

but this is non-obvious and inconvenient.

The other behavior (described above in the numbered steps) is useless
and frustrating.

On Sat, 2011-04-09 at 01:03 +0000, Phillip Susi wrote:
> I'm having trouble following your description. You open update-manager
> from the menu, and instead of clicking settings, you do what exactly?
>
> ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>

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Phillip Susi (psusi) wrote :

Just to make sure; it does not even ask for the password? There was another bug where it would ask, but then not proceed when you entered it.

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → New
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Jim Martin (jmartin9) wrote :

Correct - no password dialog

On Sat, 2011-04-09 at 18:17 +0000, Phillip Susi wrote:
> Just to make sure; it does not even ask for the password? There was
> another bug where it would ask, but then not proceed when you entered
> it.
>
>
> ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
> Status: Incomplete => New
>

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RedSingularity (redsingularity) wrote :

Sorry for such a delayed response. Are you still having the issue?

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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RedSingularity (redsingularity) wrote :

Sorry. Disregard my previous comment.

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → New
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dino99 (9d9) wrote :

This version is no more supported

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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