Summary (tell me if I'm wrong): - when it opens automatically (after updating the package list) - when you click "check" and there are NOT new pagkages (it steals for a second showing the progress bar at the end) - when you click "check" and there are new packages - when it finishes downloading packages and starts installing them - when it needs your attention to make a decision - when it finishes installing packages
could it be a synaptic problem? update manager uses synapric windows -- Dialogs steal focus during update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/373974 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs