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Asked by frednurt@hotmail.com

I had cause to re-install Ubuntu 16.04, after which every time I start Ubuntu I am told that updates are available. Unfortunately mostly when I start the updater I am told my computer is up to date. Before the re-install I automatically was advised of updates by the flashing of the icon, this now does not happen, I just get the oblong square advising of updates even if there is none. How do I get back to the flashing icon when updates are available.
Many thanks in advance,
Frednurt.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

What is the output of:

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get upgrade; sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Thanks

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frednurt@hotmail.com (frednurt) said : 		#2

The answer to your question is as follows, after entering and actioning:-
Hit:1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Get:2 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [94.5 kB]
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [93.3 kB]
Hit:4 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
Ign:5 http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/op/stable/debian lsb3.2 InRelease
Hit:6 http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/op/stable/debian lsb3.2 Release
Fetched 188 kB in 1s (163 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
W: http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/op/stable/debian/dists/lsb3.2/Release.gpg: Signature by key E5220FB7014D0FBDA50DFC2BE5E86C008AA65D56 uses weak digest algorithm (SHA1)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
  kde-l10n-engb
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove it.
The following packages will be upgraded:
  accountsservice libaccountsservice0 libpam-systemd libsystemd0
  libsystemd0:i386 libudev1 libudev1:i386 openssh-client systemd systemd-sysv
  udev
11 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
Need to get 6,025 kB of archives.
After this operation, 2,048 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 libudev1 amd64 229-4ubuntu5 [57.6 kB]
Get:2 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main i386 libudev1 i386 229-4ubuntu5 [60.7 kB]
Get:3 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 udev amd64 229-4ubuntu5 [990 kB]
Get:4 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 libpam-systemd amd64 229-4ubuntu5 [115 kB]
Get:5 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main i386 libsystemd0 i386 229-4ubuntu5 [225 kB]
Get:6 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 libsystemd0 amd64 229-4ubuntu5 [208 kB]
Get:7 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 systemd amd64 229-4ubuntu5 [3,645 kB]
Get:8 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 systemd-sysv amd64 229-4ubuntu5 [15.0 kB]
Get:9 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 accountsservice amd64 0.6.40-2ubuntu11.1 [56.2 kB]
Get:10 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 libaccountsservice0 amd64 0.6.40-2ubuntu11.1 [67.0 kB]
Get:11 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 openssh-client amd64 1:7.2p2-4ubuntu1 [586 kB]
Fetched 6,025 kB in 2s (2,357 kB/s)
(Reading database ... 269472 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libudev1_229-4ubuntu5_i386.deb ...
De-configuring libudev1:amd64 (229-4ubuntu4) ...
Unpacking libudev1:i386 (229-4ubuntu5) over (229-4ubuntu4) ...
Preparing to unpack .../libudev1_229-4ubuntu5_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libudev1:amd64 (229-4ubuntu5) over (229-4ubuntu4) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...
Setting up libudev1:amd64 (229-4ubuntu5) ...
Setting up libudev1:i386 (229-4ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...
(Reading database ... 269472 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../udev_229-4ubuntu5_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking udev (229-4ubuntu5) over (229-4ubuntu4) ...
Preparing to unpack .../libpam-systemd_229-4ubuntu5_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libpam-systemd:amd64 (229-4ubuntu5) over (229-4ubuntu4) ...
Preparing to unpack .../libsystemd0_229-4ubuntu5_amd64.deb ...
De-configuring libsystemd0:i386 (229-4ubuntu4) ...
Unpacking libsystemd0:amd64 (229-4ubuntu5) over (229-4ubuntu4) ...
Preparing to unpack .../libsystemd0_229-4ubuntu5_i386.deb ...
Unpacking libsystemd0:i386 (229-4ubuntu5) over (229-4ubuntu4) ...
Preparing to unpack .../systemd_229-4ubuntu5_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking systemd (229-4ubuntu5) over (229-4ubuntu4) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
ureadahead will be reprofiled on next reboot
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...
Setting up libsystemd0:amd64 (229-4ubuntu5) ...
Setting up libsystemd0:i386 (229-4ubuntu5) ...
Setting up systemd (229-4ubuntu5) ...
addgroup: The group `systemd-journal' already exists as a system group. Exiting.
Processing triggers for dbus (1.10.6-1ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...
(Reading database ... 269472 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../systemd-sysv_229-4ubuntu5_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking systemd-sysv (229-4ubuntu5) over (229-4ubuntu4) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Setting up systemd-sysv (229-4ubuntu5) ...
(Reading database ... 269472 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../accountsservice_0.6.40-2ubuntu11.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking accountsservice (0.6.40-2ubuntu11.1) over (0.6.40-2ubuntu11) ...
Preparing to unpack .../libaccountsservice0_0.6.40-2ubuntu11.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libaccountsservice0:amd64 (0.6.40-2ubuntu11.1) over (0.6.40-2ubuntu11) ...
Preparing to unpack .../openssh-client_1%3a7.2p2-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking openssh-client (1:7.2p2-4ubuntu1) over (1:7.2p2-4) ...
Processing triggers for dbus (1.10.6-1ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Setting up udev (229-4ubuntu5) ...
addgroup: The group `input' already exists as a system group. Exiting.
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Setting up libpam-systemd:amd64 (229-4ubuntu5) ...
Setting up libaccountsservice0:amd64 (0.6.40-2ubuntu11.1) ...
Setting up accountsservice (0.6.40-2ubuntu11.1) ...
Setting up openssh-client (1:7.2p2-4ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.122ubuntu8) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-22-generic
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
  kde-l10n-engb
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove it.
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
Hope this means something to you, it means absolutely nothing to me, I just enjoy using Ubuntu.
Leslie S. K. Wade.

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Sent: 17 May 2016 15:52
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Subject: Re: [Question #293824]: Ubuntu updates

Your question #293824 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/293824

    Status: Open => Needs information

actionparsnip requested more information:
What is the output of:

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get upgrade; sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Thanks

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frednurt@hotmail.com (frednurt) said : 		#3

Many thanks, but, it's to complicated for me, I will continue to use Ubuntu as it is and hope it will stay with me until the next upgrade, at which time it may sort itself out.
Thanks for trying,
Frednurt.

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From: <email address hidden> <email address hidden> on behalf of <email address hidden> <email address hidden>
Sent: 18 May 2016 14:52
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: [Question #293824]: Ubuntu updates

Your question #293824 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/293824

    Status: Needs information => Open

You gave more information on the question:
The answer to your question is as follows, after entering and actioning:-
Hit:1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Get:2 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [94.5 kB]
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [93.3 kB]
Hit:4 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
Ign:5 http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/op/stable/debian lsb3.2 InRelease
Hit:6 http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/op/stable/debian lsb3.2 Release
Fetched 188 kB in 1s (163 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
W: http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/op/stable/debian/dists/lsb3.2/Release.gpg: Signature by key E5220FB7014D0FBDA50DFC2BE5E86C008AA65D56 uses weak digest algorithm (SHA1)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
  kde-l10n-engb
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove it.
The following packages will be upgraded:
  accountsservice libaccountsservice0 libpam-systemd libsystemd0
  libsystemd0:i386 libudev1 libudev1:i386 openssh-client systemd systemd-sysv
  udev
11 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
Need to get 6,025 kB of archives.
After this operation, 2,048 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 libudev1 amd64 229-4ubuntu5 [57.6 kB]
Get:2 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main i386 libudev1 i386 229-4ubuntu5 [60.7 kB]
Get:3 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 udev amd64 229-4ubuntu5 [990 kB]
Get:4 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 libpam-systemd amd64 229-4ubuntu5 [115 kB]
Get:5 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main i386 libsystemd0 i386 229-4ubuntu5 [225 kB]
Get:6 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 libsystemd0 amd64 229-4ubuntu5 [208 kB]
Get:7 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 systemd amd64 229-4ubuntu5 [3,645 kB]
Get:8 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 systemd-sysv amd64 229-4ubuntu5 [15.0 kB]
Get:9 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 accountsservice amd64 0.6.40-2ubuntu11.1 [56.2 kB]
Get:10 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 libaccountsservice0 amd64 0.6.40-2ubuntu11.1 [67.0 kB]
Get:11 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 openssh-client amd64 1:7.2p2-4ubuntu1 [586 kB]
Fetched 6,025 kB in 2s (2,357 kB/s)
(Reading database ... 269472 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libudev1_229-4ubuntu5_i386.deb ...
De-configuring libudev1:amd64 (229-4ubuntu4) ...
Unpacking libudev1:i386 (229-4ubuntu5) over (229-4ubuntu4) ...
Preparing to unpack .../libudev1_229-4ubuntu5_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libudev1:amd64 (229-4ubuntu5) over (229-4ubuntu4) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...
Setting up libudev1:amd64 (229-4ubuntu5) ...
Setting up libudev1:i386 (229-4ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...
(Reading database ... 269472 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../udev_229-4ubuntu5_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking udev (229-4ubuntu5) over (229-4ubuntu4) ...
Preparing to unpack .../libpam-systemd_229-4ubuntu5_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libpam-systemd:amd64 (229-4ubuntu5) over (229-4ubuntu4) ...
Preparing to unpack .../libsystemd0_229-4ubuntu5_amd64.deb ...
De-configuring libsystemd0:i386 (229-4ubuntu4) ...
Unpacking libsystemd0:amd64 (229-4ubuntu5) over (229-4ubuntu4) ...
Preparing to unpack .../libsystemd0_229-4ubuntu5_i386.deb ...
Unpacking libsystemd0:i386 (229-4ubuntu5) over (229-4ubuntu4) ...
Preparing to unpack .../systemd_229-4ubuntu5_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking systemd (229-4ubuntu5) over (229-4ubuntu4) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
ureadahead will be reprofiled on next reboot
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...
Setting up libsystemd0:amd64 (229-4ubuntu5) ...
Setting up libsystemd0:i386 (229-4ubuntu5) ...
Setting up systemd (229-4ubuntu5) ...
addgroup: The group `systemd-journal' already exists as a system group. Exiting.
Processing triggers for dbus (1.10.6-1ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...
(Reading database ... 269472 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../systemd-sysv_229-4ubuntu5_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking systemd-sysv (229-4ubuntu5) over (229-4ubuntu4) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Setting up systemd-sysv (229-4ubuntu5) ...
(Reading database ... 269472 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../accountsservice_0.6.40-2ubuntu11.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking accountsservice (0.6.40-2ubuntu11.1) over (0.6.40-2ubuntu11) ...
Preparing to unpack .../libaccountsservice0_0.6.40-2ubuntu11.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libaccountsservice0:amd64 (0.6.40-2ubuntu11.1) over (0.6.40-2ubuntu11) ...
Preparing to unpack .../openssh-client_1%3a7.2p2-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking openssh-client (1:7.2p2-4ubuntu1) over (1:7.2p2-4) ...
Processing triggers for dbus (1.10.6-1ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Setting up udev (229-4ubuntu5) ...
addgroup: The group `input' already exists as a system group. Exiting.
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Setting up libpam-systemd:amd64 (229-4ubuntu5) ...
Setting up libaccountsservice0:amd64 (0.6.40-2ubuntu11.1) ...
Setting up accountsservice (0.6.40-2ubuntu11.1) ...
Setting up openssh-client (1:7.2p2-4ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.122ubuntu8) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-22-generic
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
  kde-l10n-engb
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove it.
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
Hope this means something to you, it means absolutely nothing to me, I just enjoy using Ubuntu.
Leslie S. K. Wade.

________________________________________
From: <email address hidden> <email address hidden> on behalf of actionparsnip <email address hidden>
Sent: 17 May 2016 15:52
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: [Question #293824]: Ubuntu updates

Your question #293824 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/293824

    Status: Open => Needs information

actionparsnip requested more information:
What is the output of:

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get upgrade; sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Thanks

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#4

The commands that you have executed have cared for installing all pending updates - without problems.
We can hope, that this has resolved the problem, and that the notification system for new updates is working again.
I recommend that you keep an eye on your system and report problems again, in case that they appear.

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frednurt@hotmail.com (frednurt) said : 		#5

Very many thanks,
Will keep an eye open just in cast.
Frednurt.

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Your question #293824 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/293824

    Status: Open => Answered

Manfred Hampl proposed the following answer:
The commands that you have executed have cared for installing all pending updates - without problems.
We can hope, that this has resolved the problem, and that the notification system for new updates is working again.
I recommend that you keep an eye on your system and report problems again, in case that they appear.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#6

This question was expired because it remained in the 'Open' state without activity for the last 15 days.