Activating the update notifier

[Rex Dieter]

Mary Ellen Foster wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 9:50 PM, Anne Wilson <cannewilson at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> On Monday 09 February 2009 19:48:41 Eli Wapniarski wrote:
>>> On Monday 09 February 2009 21:38:43 Anne Wilson wrote:
>>>> What does he need to activate the notifier applet?
>>> You can configure notification of updates inn System Settings -> Add Remove
>>> Programs -> Settings including notification of updates.
>>>
>> Thanks, Eli.  I'll pass that on
> 
> Related question: this is usually what happens (on multiple computers):
> - kpackagekit icon appears and tells me it's checking for updates
> - Notification pops up and I click on "update"
> - While the update is happening -- actually, quite early on --
> *another* notification comes up and tells me again about the updates
> I'm already doing

do you have gnome-packagekit installed?

-- Rex