LMDE 64 Mintupdate icon gone

[SunWorks]

Hello,
Just getting LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) 64 up and running, but my kicker icon for mint update is gone.

Followed the suggestions on this forum page: http://forum.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.ph ... 0&p=194312 but can only get the icon to come up by manually clicking Alt-F2 and running

/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintUpdate/mintUpdate.py

After rebooting, the icon is not there and the only way I can get it up is the above procedure.

I am running a

• Dell Inspiron 530 tower
• quad-core cpu,
• 6gb RAM,
• nVidia GeForce GTX 460 video card.

Help is appreciated!
Thank you,
Clinton

[anzan]

Just a guess and it's a GUI-ish thing but start it, click the preferences and change the icon to something else. Even change it back if you want. This might kick something in the nethers.

[SunWorks]

Just a guess and it's a GUI-ish thing but start it, click the preferences and change the icon to something else. Even change it back if you want. This might kick something in the nethers.

Yeah... I hear you and it's worth a try. What folder are the current ones in?

I started to give this a shot... but then realized I do not know where the originals are stored, so I stopped because I want/need to be able to restore what I've got now.

thank you.

[blacksilva]

Just a guess and it's a GUI-ish thing but start it, click the preferences and change the icon to something else. Even change it back if you want. This might kick something in the nethers.

Yeah... I hear you and it's worth a try. What folder are the current ones in?

I started to give this a shot... but then realized I do not know where the originals are stored, so I stopped because I want/need to be able to restore what I've got now.

thank you.

Well I use gnome but maybe the directory's would be the same. The directory for the old icons is...
/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintUpdate/icons/old

Dont know if your still looking for them but if so i hope this helps you.

[SunWorks]

Well I use gnome but maybe the directory's would be the same. The directory for the old icons is...
/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintUpdate/icons/old

Dont know if your still looking for them but if so i hope this helps you.

Thanks for replying... yes it is still a problem.

I've been manually starting it up when I turn on the computer... it's a pain! The file path you provide at least gives me a good starting point to know what to look for.

Will check it out when I get home. Thanks!

[blacksilva]

No problem. Hope it helps you out some.

Im having the same problem as you are. luckily mine will sometimes tell me when i have updates. It will flash at the top when it checks for updates and really i just put the update manager application in my docky bar and so now all i need to do is click it and let it check if it does not work.