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[member=6629]ralphy[/member] have noticed a strange anomaly. If the file /usr/local/sbin/.updnotify exists, Lite Updates Notify will not show the desktop notification. If the /usr/local/sbin/.updnotify file does not exist, the notification works fine:

https://mega.nz/#!wIljxZSa!3Z1QEsgDHbck5...mtBCz36r0Y

(04-03-2017, 07:16 AM)Jerry link Wrote: [ -> ][member=6629]ralphy[/member] have noticed a strange anomaly. If the file /usr/local/sbin/.updnotify exists, Lite Updates Notify will not show the desktop notification. If the /usr/local/sbin/.updnotify file does not exist, the notification works fine:

https://mega.nz/#!wIljxZSa!3Z1QEsgDHbck5...mtBCz36r0Y

That is intentional behavior; that's what we agreed upon. To show "Up to date" just once and not to nag the user until there is new updates available:

https://github.com/linuxlite/liteupdates...-267248005

Thanks for the reminder.

The update notifier is not working for me either. I have set it a couple of times for once day but it never gives me notifications. I continue to check daily manually by Install Updates which finds updates but I do not get notifications from the new app. No big deal. I wait for an update to fix it.

I've seen it a couple times.. Its tricky as the message is brief. It's a popup (upper right corner for me) lasts only a couple of seconds then goes away. Having been up at midnight past couple nights I have seen it

Perhaps setting to the "hourly" mark you may catch it
Not sure if this would work, don't see why not - set hourly then manually change clock to a couple minutes before the next hour and wait...  8) 8)

It's brief - As when you boot a laptop and it connects to WiFi the popup only last for a few, same way...

Perhaps having the message appear and stay until clicked on to hide??

Ok guys, let's help each other here to figure it out. First, let's be clear about how Lite Updates Notify works:

https://www.linuxliteos.com/manual/softw...atesnotify

Quote:Lite Updates Notify will check for new updates on shcedule as defined by the user. If no new updates are available since the last time updates were installed in the system, Lite Updates Notify will notify that the system is up to date, once. No further notifications are displayed up until new updates become available once again.

Quote:To customize how notifications appear on your screen, see Menu, All Settings, Notifications to define notifications theme, timeout, position on the screen and opacity. You must restart the session (logout and login) for notifications settings to take effect.

A quick way to check whether Lite updates notify is working in your system as it should:

Terminal:


Repeat all 3 commands to test over again.

https://youtu.be/WyDOEMvqQ64

OK. I tried the commands and the notifications showed up. I reset notifications from 5 to 10 seconds so I will see if it will do it own its on tomorrow. Deja Dup back up is set to daily and I always see the notifications. Can Notify be set in autostart to show if LL is up to date at start up?

I had it set at daily at 7pm, but problem is that i am almost never at the laptop at that time and i never saw the notification later in the evening when i was at laptop. So i now disabled it.

Is it maybe possible that the user can set another time then the times that are given?

TMG1961, that the same setting I have. Maybe it could just be checked at startup like I do manually?

(04-03-2017, 08:12 PM)Coastie link Wrote: [ -> ]TMG1961, that the same setting I have. Maybe it could just be checked at startup like I do manually?

I now do it as i did on 3.2, i check for updates just before i shut down laptop when going to bed.