Eos-update-notifier not working

General system EndeavourOS installation
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Here’s mine:

### eos-update-notifier configuration file


## Check also updates from AUR:
#
CheckAurUpdates=yes          # yes or no


## Check also Arch news for you:
#
CheckArchNewsForYou=yes      # yes or no


## Alternative programs for showing the Arch news. Select one.
## Note: 'arch-news-for-you' uses an ad hoc way to determine if the news are
##       relevant to your machine. This mostly works well, but not always.
##       The 'eos-arch-news' shows news based on the date and shows only news
##       that are not yet shown.
## This option was added in eos-update-notifier version 0.9-1.
#
ArchNewsProg=eos-arch-news    # values: 'eos-arch-news' or 'arch-news-for-you'


## Prefer tray notification or small window for nofitying about updates?
##
## NOTE: if clicking the tray notification icon launches also the next panel item,
## a workaround is either to
##  - re-organize panel's notification area icons so that 'Yad' is not the first (uppermost), or
##  - add an empty launcher right next to the tray notification icon.
#
ShowHowAboutUpdates=notify     # value: 'notify', 'notify+tray', 'tray', or 'window'


## What info to show about pending updates ("number of updates" or "package names");
## applies only when 'ShowHowAboutUpdates' is set to 'window':
#
ShowWhatAboutUpdates=number  # values: 'number' or 'packages'

I was apparently missing appmenu-gtk-module, so I installed that as well.

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Does update notification work better if you set

   ShowHowAboutUpdates=window
   ShowWhatAboutUpdates=packages

in the configuration file?

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43

Aha!

I applied your settings, then opened with -conf, saved and it ran again, got this window within a few seconds:
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And clicking update opened a terminal to complete the update.

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Thanks for the follow up! :smile:

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As you wrote, the pamac update notifier indicates the available package updates up to a minute earlier than the eos-update-notifier, so there is no particular problem.

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In the meantime, normal operation is restored, and a window indicating the available updates will appear a few seconds after the network connection is established. Probably it was a temporary issue, thank you for your patience. :slight_smile:

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By the way, I studied the configuration files in connection with the case. It is a very customizable application. Seriously, I haven’t seen a special tool like this in any of the distributions I’ve used. @manuel, you’re doing a good job, congratulations. :slight_smile:

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