On 11/30/2011 05:45 AM, Raphael Groner wrote:
> Hi Todd,
>
>> Is there some replacement for the package updater?
>
> As fas as I know, puplet is the systray applet for pup. Pup had been the update /
package manager before it got replaced by PackageKit.
>
> Unfortunately, there's no known notification applet in PackageKit, at least not
in my knowledge base.
>
> In case of Xfce, you could use a little script that uses xfce4-notify to show
on-screen notification or the panel plugin xfce4-genmon-plugin that calls the script
periodically.
>
> $ yum install xfce4-genmon-plugin
>
> See also
http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/xfce4-genmon-plugin
# yum install xfce4-genmon-plugin
Loaded plugins: priorities
10 packages excluded due to repository priority protections
Setting up Install Process
No package xfce4-genmon-plugin available.
Error: Nothing to do
. The FC15 RPM works fine. (Be nice
to have an official EL6 rpm.)
Question: I now have a panel item called "Generic Monitor". I am
not entirely certain how to use it. Seems that both "pup" and
"yumex" disappeared from EL6.
-T