That is turned off deliberately in Artful. To fix this, somebody needs to develop the capacity to do "online" updates in Software. Additionally, it was discussed within the desktop team that it is confusing to have two places offering package updates which aren't aware of one another. So at the same time we would probably want to remove Update Manager and make Software be the place updates are performed.
** Changed in: gnome-software (Ubuntu) Importance: High => Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1709725 Title: the updates tab states that the system is uptodate when it's not Status in gnome-software package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Update software via Gnome/Ubuntu Software was possible in Ubuntu 17.10 but after an update about couple of weeks this is not possible. Only updating via Update Manager and the terminal is possible. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: gnome-software 3.25.4-1ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.11.0-13.19-generic 4.11.12 Uname: Linux 4.11.0-13-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.6-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Wed Aug 9 17:23:31 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-07-28 (12 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170723) InstalledPlugins: gnome-software-plugin-flatpak N/A gnome-software-plugin-limba N/A gnome-software-plugin-snap 3.25.4-1ubuntu3 ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-software UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/+bug/1709725/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
