up2date updates exist, but icon is still blue check
Dave Roberts
ldave at droberts.com
Sat Dec 13 15:58:33 UTC 2003
On Sat, 2003-12-13 at 04:41, Clint wrote:
> > When you left-click on the applet icons, do the applet indicate a
> > communication failure when trying to contact the sources ?
> >
> > Daniel
> >
>
> No -- when I activate the blue checkby left clicking, it functions as
> expected: Redhat Network Alert Notification Tool comes up, with the
> option for me to click Lauch Up2date or Close.
>
> I click on Launch Up2date and my pw is requested. After giving my pw,
> the yum channel displayed, and after some churning, the skipped kernel*
> packages displays. When I then go ahead to the next screen, the
> available updated packages displays (when there are som).
>
> So the only behavioral difference is that the blue check does not turn
> red on its own. It either has to be manually right-clicked and select
> "check for updates" (and if updates exist, it then turns red) or the
> blue check is activated with a left-click and up2date begins its work.
Right, exactly. Everything seems to be working in terms of the
machinery, it's just that is has to be poked a bit instead of doing the
polling on its own.
--
Dave Roberts <ldave at droberts.com>
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