Ubuntu
update-notifier package

check_updates lacks an icon

Bug #1405613 reported by Dimitri Papadopoulos on 2014-12-25

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	update-notifier (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
Release: 14.04

update-notifier-common:
  Installed: 0.154.1ubuntu1
  Candidate: 0.154.1ubuntu1
  Version table:
*** 0.154.1ubuntu1 0
        900 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages
         99 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.154.1 0
        900 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages

The "check_updates" option of /usr/lib/update-notifier/backend_helper.py starts a popup that lacks an icon. A question mark placeholder is shown instead.

To reproduce, run:
/usr/lib/update-notifier/backend_helper.py check_updates