Public bug reported: In Precise alpha, update-notifier shows up in menu bar as a icon with exclamation mark. When I click the icon, I see "The update information is outdated. This may be caused by network problems or by a repository that is no longer available. Please update manually by clicking on this icon and then selecting 'Check for updates' and check if some of the listed repositories fail."
However, a) there is no "this icon" (bad wording because update-notifier is nowadays an indicator) and b) Check for updates doesn't exist. I only see "Show updates" option in update-notifier's menu. Because of this, I installed shutter via apt-get (without doing apt-get update) and now update-notifier is gone so I can't provide a screenshot. I believe that update-notifier was shown because I added a non-existent PPA. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: update-notifier 0.118.1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-16.25-generic 3.2.6 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-16-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Feb 17 23:17:04 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120120) SourcePackage: update-notifier UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: update-notifier (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/934517 Title: update-notifier instructs to click "check for updates" although there is no such option To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-notifier/+bug/934517/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs