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Re: Update Applet not working



On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Patrick Wiseman <pwiseman@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 11:10 AM, JoeHill <joehill@teksavvy.com> wrote:
>>
>> All of a sudden-like, my update applet doesn't work properly. If I give it a
>> click, I am asked for the root pass as usual, but then nothing happens.
>>
>> Nothing.
>
> Open a root terminal and run 'update-manager' and I'll bet you'll see
> a GTK authorization error.  My workaround until it's fixed is to use
> the applet just to tell me when there are updates available and then
> to run aptitude!  (I realize that's totally unsatisfactory!)

After a recent upgrade, it's working again.

Patrick


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