On 8/15/07, Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Paul Johnson wrote: > > I am disappointed to say that the yum-updatesd still does not update > > anything. Who does it work for? > > > Did you edit /etc/yum/yum-updatesd.conf and change "do_update = no" > to "do_update = yes"? > > > > > I can run yum manually and it does see updates. However, the > > yum-updatesd daemon does not appear to find the updates, or it does > > not find them. Then it locks up the yum process, as in: > > > > # yum update > > Existing lock /var/run/yum.pid: another copy is running as pid 2862. Aborting. > > > I think the problem may be in your setup. The default setup does not > automatically install updates. From the man page: > > yum-updatesd provides notification of updates which are available > to be applied to your system. This notification can be done either > via syslog, email or over dbus. Configuration is done via the > yum-updatesd.conf(5) file. In the original post, I gave my config, which IS set to auto update. [main] # how often to check for new updates (in seconds) run_interval = 3600 # how often to allow checking on request (in seconds) updaterefresh = 600 # how to send notifications (valid: dbus, email, syslog) emit_via = syslog # automatically install updates do_update = yes # automatically download updates do_download = yes # automatically download deps of updates do_download_deps = yes > > > One way to use it is to have a client running on the desktop that > pops up and tells you about updates. You then have the option of > installing them. One program that does this is puplet. (I believe > Gnome normally starts this when you log in.) Not acceptable when managing many computers > > Mikkel > -- > > Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, > for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > -- Paul E. Johnson Professor, Political Science 1541 Lilac Lane, Room 504 University of Kansas
