Yum update/bug alert

[Robert Moskowitz]

No dice for updates...

On 01/05/2012 09:58 AM, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-01-05 at 09:15 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>> On 01/05/2012 09:01 AM, Michael Schwendt wrote:
>>> On Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:30:01 -0500, RM (Robert) wrote:
>>>
>>>> Where is it with f16/G3?
>>> What is "G3"?
>>>
>>>> I once saw that poor excuse of a popup at the bottom of the screen
>>>> saying something about updates available.
>>>>
>>>> But if that all there is, who watches there screen all the time????
>>> What exactly is your question?
>>>
>>> Normal updates are being checked for less frequently than before anyway.
>>> I don't mind if I miss the notification. I'm glad that with GNOME Shell
>>> there is less activity in panels. The bottom panel suffers from a few bugs
>>> currently, and e.g. finished print job notifications pile up in it.
>>>
>>> If I want to apply updates "right now", I type "Alt+F1", "upd" and RETURN
>>> to start the Software Update tool.
>> I want a constant reminder like we had in G2 (Gnome 2).  I might not get
>> to doing the update for hours or even a day, if it is not an important
>> update, but I don't want to forget it.  Right now, I just don't see the
>> update message.  Since the (Dec 8), I have seen it all of once.  I have
>> determined that there are updates by running "yum update" in a root shell.
>>
>> If there are updates, I want to know about it.  If they are important
>> bug fixes or critical security fixes I want to know that too.
>>
>> This "flash in the pan" just does not do it for something that could be
>> really important.
> Once those pop-ups appear and disappear, there's a retractable
> notification bar that they retreat to.  Move the cursor to the lower
> right corner to raise it.

SO I had checked this out and it did not show any updates available.

I wanted to check for some software and started up yumex and IT showed 
there were updates.  So something is wrong here.

Either the update checker is not working or the alerter is not working...