On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 02:38:36PM -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Tue, 2008-10-21 at 14:39 -0400, Dave Feustel wrote: > > Running F9, the administrative -> update option no longer works. > > When I click for details, I get the message "cannot update whilst > > offline". I have network access. How do I make updates think > > that it is online? > > > > Also, what is the difference between running the console command > > yum update and doing an update via the administrative desktop? > > Are you using Network Manager, and if so is NM managing your interface? As far as I can tell, I'm not using network manager. How can I be sure? > If NM is running but not managing the interface, it thinks you aren't > connected even when you are, and some Gnome apps believe it (Evolution > is one and I'm guessing PackageKit is another). > > "yum" doesn't pay any attention to this, so it's not affected. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
