On Sat, 2003-12-13 at 04:41, Clint wrote: > > When you left-click on the applet icons, do the applet indicate a > > communication failure when trying to contact the sources ? > > > > Daniel > > > > No -- when I activate the blue checkby left clicking, it functions as > expected: Redhat Network Alert Notification Tool comes up, with the > option for me to click Lauch Up2date or Close. > > I click on Launch Up2date and my pw is requested. After giving my pw, > the yum channel displayed, and after some churning, the skipped kernel* > packages displays. When I then go ahead to the next screen, the > available updated packages displays (when there are som). > > So the only behavioral difference is that the blue check does not turn > red on its own. It either has to be manually right-clicked and select > "check for updates" (and if updates exist, it then turns red) or the > blue check is activated with a left-click and up2date begins its work. Right, exactly. Everything seems to be working in terms of the machinery, it's just that is has to be poked a bit instead of doing the polling on its own. -- Dave Roberts <ldave@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
