FC6 software update notification
David Timms
dtimms at iinet.net.au
Sun Jan 7 09:42:06 UTC 2007
Richard England wrote:
> Gerhard Magnus wrote:
>> After installing FC6 I noticed something resembling the return of the
>> old Redhat software update icon on the panel. Running the application
>> worked fine the first time but I seem to have lost the icon somehow.
>> What's this program called? How do I get it back running in the
>> background and notifying me about available updates?
>>
>> Thanks for the help! --Jerry
>
> run system-config-services from the command line and look for
> "yum-updatesd". If that service is running, you have nothing more to
> do. My system alerts me periodically when updates are available.
Further to that: the icon is from puplet {the pup applet}. Once you have
applied any outstanding updates, a minute or so later, puplet hides it's
icon. If the yum-updatesd eventually finds some extra updates, it
informs puplet so that the icon will then be displayed again.
DaveT.
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