F13: Automatic Updates not Working

[Samuel Kidman]

On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 7:02 AM, Manuel Escudero <Jmlevick at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> 2010/10/4 Oliver Ruebenacker <curoli at gmail.com>
>
>     Hello,
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Aaron Konstam <akonstam at sbcglobal.net>
>> wrote:
>> > On Mon, 2010-10-04 at 12:51 -0400, Oliver Ruebenacker wrote:
>> >> Hello,
>> >>
>> >>   I have F13 on one machine where it never prompts for software
>> >> updates. I think it used to prompt in the past (with the same F13). I
>> >> even switched automatic updates checking from daily to hourly, but no
>> >> difference. Regularly, after some days have passed without prompt for
>> >> updates, I run yum update and install the updates that accumulated,
>> >> sometimes dozens of them. I googled for the problem but only found old
>> >> references and no solution. That machine used to be used not very
>> >> frequently, with power downs occasionally lasting a week or two, and
>> >> it is usually off during nights. Any idea what is going on? Thanks!
>> >>
>> >>      Take care
>> >>      Oliver
>> > Let us be clear. You never get a orange sun symbol in the left side of
>> > the upper panel.
>>
>>   Yes, exactly.
>>
>>     Take care
>>     Oliver
>>
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>
> Hi Oliver, here it's your solution:
>
> Try this please: (as Root)
>
> yum clean all
>
> ENTER
>
> yum makecache
>
> ENTER
>
> su -c "yum -y --skip-broken update"
>
> ENTER
>
> Reboot your system and turn the Update checker to "Daily" instead of "Per
> Hour" Some days later, when
> there are updates available, you are going to get notifications.
>
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I just tried this because I think I've been having the same problem at the

su -c "yum -y --skip-broken update"

I got this:

Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Install      17 Package(s)
Upgrade     431 Package(s)

Total download size: 335 M

So I seem to be seeing the updates now. Hopefully will start seeing the
notification soon
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