Sometimes the update-notifier packages gets updated by Ubuntu. Then if you don't recompile / build new packages with the patches provided by Forest PPA, you may loose capabilities given by the patches.
You can simply block any update to the update-notifier packages by running these Terminal cmd. lines: $ sudo echo "update-notifier hold" | dpkg --set-selections $ sudo echo "update-notifier-common hold" | dpkg --set-selections To revert the changes: $ sudo echo "update-notifier install" | dpkg --set-selections $ sudo echo "update-notifier-common install" | dpkg --set-selections You can as well set it in a Bash script block-upd-update-notifier: #!/bin/sh # if [ $(id -u) != 0 ]; then echo "This script requires root permissions" sudo "$0" exit fi echo "update-notifier hold" | dpkg --set-selections echo "update-notifier-common hold" | dpkg --set-selections The same goes for unblock-upd-update-notifier I guess the change was an Ubuntu policy change about the updates as they like to force them a bit like Microsoft does. I don't expect them to ever revert to the previous behaviour. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1246364 Title: update-notifier does not show a tray icon in xubuntu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/1246364/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
