On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 07:32:53 +0000 g <geleem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thomas Taylor wrote: > <snip> > > > Hi G; > >> *yumex* is seeing the network connection as disabled because it is > >> checking for connection thru 'gui'. > > > > I'm not using a gui network connection but ifup method if that is what > > you're saying. > > ok. then i understand that you are using 'ifup' via a terminal. > > but, "gui"/"X" effect still applies. yumex does not use a system call to > check on network status. at least this is my conclusion from what all i > was able to find when i searched for a solution to problem. > > this was at least 6 months back and i do not recall all of where i check. > other than i was using google. and it took a lot of reading to concluded > it to be an "X" problem. > > i did not filed a bug report because i had not seen anyone else posting > about problem, so i figured it was something in my installation. > > when i tried using yumex, it would always fail. it did not matter if i > used 'ifup eth0' or 'ifconfig eth0 up', yumex still failed with same > error message you gave in your first post. > > when i ran just 'ifconfig' to check for connection, it showed being > connected. *but*, yumex still failed. > > what i did not try was removing and reinstalling "yumex" and "gui's" for > networking. > > what ever cause is, it is "X" related, because yum still works. > > i just ran a check at yumex site; > http://www.yum-extender.org/blog/ > > i ran a search for 'connection' and found something that may help. > > http://www.yum-extender.org/blog/?s=connection show release of 2.9.6 and > 2.9.7 have a change of; > > Added ‘–disable-netcheck’ to bypass the network connection check and > the auto disable of non local repos, this can be enabled/disabled in > the Preferences. > > this may be an answer to problem. > > > hth. > > Thanks for your reply, G. JB tipped me off to that too, I'll check it out tomorrow. Time for bed, the old eyes are getting bleary. Tom -- Tom Taylor - retired penguin openSuSE 11.3-RC2 x86_64 Fedora 13 x64 KDE 4.4.4, FF 3.6.4 claws-mail 3.7.6 registered linux user 263467 linxt-At-comcast-DoT-net -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines