Hello, On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 7:02 PM, Manuel Escudero <Jmlevick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > 2010/10/4 Oliver Ruebenacker <curoli@xxxxxxxxx> >> >> Hello, >> >> On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >> > On Mon, 2010-10-04 at 12:51 -0400, Oliver Ruebenacker wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> >> >> I have F13 on one machine where it never prompts for software >> >> updates. I think it used to prompt in the past (with the same F13). I >> >> even switched automatic updates checking from daily to hourly, but no >> >> difference. Regularly, after some days have passed without prompt for >> >> updates, I run yum update and install the updates that accumulated, >> >> sometimes dozens of them. I googled for the problem but only found old >> >> references and no solution. That machine used to be used not very >> >> frequently, with power downs occasionally lasting a week or two, and >> >> it is usually off during nights. Any idea what is going on? Thanks! >> >> >> >> Take care >> >> Oliver >> > Let us be clear. You never get a orange sun symbol in the left side of >> > the upper panel. >> >> Yes, exactly. >> >> Take care >> Oliver >> >> -- >> Oliver Ruebenacker, Computational Cell Biologist >> Systems Biology Linker at Virtual Cell (http://vcell.org/sybil) >> Turning Knowledge Data into Models >> Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling >> http://www.oliver.curiousworld.org >> -- >> 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 > > > Hi Oliver, here it's your solution: > Try this please: (as Root) > yum clean all > ENTER > yum makecache > ENTER > su -c "yum -y --skip-broken update" > ENTER > Reboot your system and turn the Update checker to "Daily" instead of "Per > Hour" Some days later, when > there are updates available, you are going to get notifications. Thanks for the advice. I did that and it installed about a dozen updates. I should know in a few days whether automatic notification works now. Take care Oliver -- Oliver Ruebenacker, Computational Cell Biologist Systems Biology Linker at Virtual Cell (http://vcell.org/sybil) Turning Knowledge Data into Models Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling http://www.oliver.curiousworld.org -- 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
