Under KDM I asked for software updates and got an option called Get and Remove Software. I ran it and chose to add the Content group. I was shown the three documents I could add. One on Python, one on Java and one on Linux drivers. I chose to install the first and third. Processing started until I was told another dependency must be installed. I said continue and the system asked me for a passwd authorization. I entered the only passwds that seemed possibly relevant and both were rejected
Ok, I started again . At the place where it asked me for a passwd previously it stated that I had not entered an authorizing passwd and quit. So I could not proceed further.
I tried to use Gnome to do the same thing. When I searched for Get or Remove .. the only relevant application I was shown was KPackageKit. When I ran that I was given the option to Get and Remove Software, which I ran, entered the passwd which should work and it did.
Now I pressed my luck and ran another option called Software Update. Which attempted it said to find updates but failed. The same option under KVM also failed.
However, in Gnome under Software Tools the Software Update application succeeds.
Have other people fond the same bug or am I going crazy again?
On 07/14/2011 01:27 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote:
Under KDM I asked for software updates and got an option called Get and Remove Software. I ran it and chose to add the Content group. I was shown the three documents I could add. One on Python, one on Java and one on Linux drivers. I chose to install the first and third. Processing started until I was told another dependency must be installed. I said continue and the system asked me for a passwd authorization. I entered the only passwds that seemed possibly relevant and both were rejected
Ok, I started again . At the place where it asked me for a passwd previously it stated that I had not entered an authorizing passwd and quit. So I could not proceed further.
I tried to use Gnome to do the same thing. When I searched for Get or Remove .. the only relevant application I was shown was KPackageKit. When I ran that I was given the option to Get and Remove Software, which I ran, entered the passwd which should work and it did.
Now I pressed my luck and ran another option called Software Update. Which attempted it said to find updates but failed. The same option under KVM also failed.
However, in Gnome under Software Tools the Software Update application succeeds.
Have other people fond the same bug or am I going crazy again?
Same bad experience here. All these apps are just a layer of crap spread over yum. Save yourself some pain and use yum directly.
Regards,
John
On Thu, 2011-07-14 at 20:05 -0700, John Wendel wrote:
On 07/14/2011 01:27 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote:
Under KDM I asked for software updates and got an option called Get and Remove Software. I ran it and chose to add the Content group. I was shown the three documents I could add. One on Python, one on Java and one on Linux drivers. I chose to install the first and third. Processing started until I was told another dependency must be installed. I said continue and the system asked me for a passwd authorization. I entered the only passwds that seemed possibly relevant and both were rejected
Ok, I started again . At the place where it asked me for a passwd previously it stated that I had not entered an authorizing passwd and quit. So I could not proceed further.
I tried to use Gnome to do the same thing. When I searched for Get or Remove .. the only relevant application I was shown was KPackageKit. When I ran that I was given the option to Get and Remove Software, which I ran, entered the passwd which should work and it did.
Now I pressed my luck and ran another option called Software Update. Which attempted it said to find updates but failed. The same option under KVM also failed.
However, in Gnome under Software Tools the Software Update application succeeds.
Have other people fond the same bug or am I going crazy again?
Same bad experience here. All these apps are just a layer of crap spread over yum. Save yourself some pain and use yum directly.
Regards,
John
I agree with your philosophy. But this all is supposed to be the desktop of our future. So at least even it is screwy it is supposed to work. Do these applications work for the rest of you? If they do why am I having such trouble using them.
I also apologize for calling KDE two separate incorrect names.
On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:05:35 -0700 John Wendel jwendel10@comcast.net wrote:
Same bad experience here. All these apps are just a layer of crap spread over yum. Save yourself some pain and use yum directly.
I like the Yum extender project. It is not a layer of crap.
https://fedorahosted.org/yumex/
On 07/16/2011 08:25 AM, nomnex wrote:
On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:05:35 -0700 John Wendeljwendel10@comcast.net wrote:
Same bad experience here. All these apps are just a layer of crap spread over yum. Save yourself some pain and use yum directly.
I like the Yum extender project. It is not a layer of crap.
Well, I loaded yumex and poked at it. I have to agree, it looks like a well crafted, useful tool. I think I'll keep it.
Thanks for the tip.
Regards,
John
On 07/14/2011 09:27 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote:
continue and the system asked me for a passwd authorization. I entered the only passwds that seemed possibly relevant and both were rejected
What password did it _ask_ for? Depending on what you're trying to do PolicyKit (the component that handles authorisation for the updater services) may ask for either the user password or the administrator (root) password.
I had a problem early on on f15 in gnome where polkit-gnome seemed to want the password for a user other than the one logged into the graphical desktop but this seemed to go away with updates.
Anyway, if the problem is reproducible with up-to-date packages it sounds like a bug.
I tried to use Gnome to do the same thing. When I searched for Get or Remove .. the only relevant application I was shown was KPackageKit.
KPackageKit is the KDE interface for PackageKit. The Gnome equivalents are in the System section of the menu and are labelled "Add/Remove Software" and "Software Update".
Now I pressed my luck and ran another option called Software Update. Which attempted it said to find updates but failed. The same option under KVM also failed.
It's hard to say without knowing specific error messages but you could try searching in bugzilla or via google for the specific messages that you saw.
Regards, Bryn.
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