TNWestTex <mcforum <at> bellsouth.net> writes: > > > What daemon gives these messages? I have systems that do not connect to the > internet so yum.updatesd is meaningless. I've disabled the service to > eliminate the annoying popups but still get these messages to the console. > > Unable to connect to yum-updatesd. Please ensure that the yum-updatesd as root: service yum-updatesd stop chkconfig yum-updatesd off will stop the daemon and prevent it starting at boot time. You can get it to do yum updates for you automatically by configuring /etc/yum/yum-updatesd.conf and leaving the daemon running. Or you can update yourself manually using yum
