update error on F9

Paul Newell pnewell at cs.cmu.edu
Mon Aug 25 04:51:05 UTC 2008


Kevin Fenzi wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:28:13 -0700
> pnewell at cs.cmu.edu (Paul Newell) wrote:
>
> ...snipp...
>   
>> My question to fedora-list is "what is the org.frredesktop.etc error
>> and how to I correct so it will work". If I need to go command line
>> and do it through yum, that's okay ... I just need a bit of guidance
>> on the process.
>>     
>
> Do not login as root and attempt to run PackageKit/update. 
>
> Either: 
>
> - Login as root, but run 'yum update' from a terminal. 
>
> - Login as a normal user and apply updates via PackageKit. 
>
> See: 
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageKitFaq#system-install-packages_and_gpk-install-file_do_not_work_when_run_as_the_root_user.21
>
>   
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Paul
>>     
>
> kevin
>   
Thanks, will try this suggestion during the next week

Paul




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