FC21 system-config-services

[Andrew R Paterson]

On Friday 22 May 2015 12:04:52 Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 05/22/2015 11:48 AM, Andrew R Paterson wrote:
> > Is this a dbus problem?
> > have I got some other problem with my system config?
> > Am I just being stupid?
> > Any clues?
> 
> I don't use package-kit, so I can't help with that.  However, it's
> probably a good idea to open a terminal and run this:
> 
> yum check-update
> 
> to find out what the status really is.  And, if there are updates and
> you don't like the all-or-nothing way yum works, consider yumex, as it
> allows you to ignore any updates that you have reason to distrust, or
> otherwise don't want to bother with.

Hi,
Thanks for that - I know of yumex (and agree - its very nice).
yum check-update however demonstrates why I get the feeling there is a dbus 
related problem.....
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% yumex
20:09:51 : INFO - Using config file : /home/andyp/.config/yumex/yumex.conf
20:09:51 : INFO - Using config file : /home/andyp/.config/yumex/yumex.conf

(yumex:5537): IBUS-WARNING **: Unable to connect to ibus: Could not connect: 
Connection refused
20:09:51 : DEBUG - network interface enp5s5 (r8169) is connected
20:09:51 : DEBUG - network interface virbr0 (bridge) is connected
20:09:51 : DEBUG - network interface virbr0-nic () is connected
20:09:51 : INFO - Connected to an network
20:09:51 : DEBUG - network interface enp5s5 (r8169) is connected
20:09:51 : DEBUG - network interface virbr0 (bridge) is connected
20:09:51 : DEBUG - network interface virbr0-nic () is connected
20:09:51 : INFO - Starting yum child process
20:10:01 : INFO - YUM: Yum Version : 3.4.3
20:10:01 : INFO - YUM: Loaded plugins: langpacks
20:10:01 : INFO - YUM: No plugin match for: refresh-packagekit
20:10:01 : INFO - Getting available updates
20:10:04 : INFO - 0 packages returned
20:10:04 : INFO - Getting available obsoletes
20:10:04 : INFO - 0 packages returned
20:10:04 : INFO - Adding Packages to view
20:10:04 : INFO - Added 0 Packages to view
20:10:07 : INFO - Closing rpm db and releasing yum lock
20:10:07 : INFO - yum backend process is ended
20:10:07 : INFO - exitcode from backend : 0
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Note the IBUS-WARNING?
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OTOH using apper
works and shows "Your system is up to date"
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and
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% sudo yum update
Loaded plugins: langpacks
No packages marked for update
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So thats ok too!


Any other ideas?

I like packagekit because it informs me (or it did under FC20!) with a pop-up 
that updates are available and asks if I want to download them.
It just ran in the background like a nice piece of magic and so I never needed 
to worry much about exactly how it worked.

Any thoughts - clues?

Thanks again
Andy