I think my rhnsd service is not working properly. The Alert Icon in the
notification area is permanently a blue tick. It only ever turns into a
red exclamation mark if I run up2date manually.
# chkconfig --list rhnsd
rhnsd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
The service command doesn't let me know of the status of rhnsd:
# service rhnsd status
#
but maybe not all services return something for "status".
I know that updates are available for my machine, but I have
deliberately not installed them because I wanted to see if the Alert
Icon would finally turn into a red exclamation mark. These updates:
# rug lu
Updates for channel 'Fedora Core 2 updates'
Urg | Name | Current Version | Update Version
----+--------------+-----------------+---------------
sug | gaim | 1:0.79-0.FC2 | 1:0.80-1.FC2
sug | httpd | 2.0.49-4 | 2.0.50-2.1
sug | httpd-devel | 2.0.49-4 | 2.0.50-2.1
sug | httpd-manual | 2.0.49-4 | 2.0.50-2.1
sug | info | 4.6-3 | 4.7-4
sug | mod_ssl | 1:2.0.49-4 | 1:2.0.50-2.1
sug | texinfo | 4.6-3 | 4.7-4
have been available to both rug/red-carpet and yum for a couple of days
now. I know that there is some lag between mirrors, but surely not that
much? rhnsd is supposed to check every four hours. Mirrors are supposed
to sync each day.
How can I determine what rhnsd is doing, or whether it is doing anything
at all?
Best, Darren
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