Up2date, RHN, questions

[Doug Brott]

Kevin Hanser wrote:

>I have a question about retrieving updates for FC1.  In previous
>versions of redhat, the rhn-applet-gui would display a nifty icon on the
>taksbar when there were updates for available packages.  (also could use
>rhn-applet-tui from the command line to do the same)  Now with FC1, my
>rhn-applet-gui always shows a blue checkmark, indicating that there
>aren't any updates to be installed.  However, as I've read on the list
>and looked @ the web site, there are a few updates available.
> 
>Is there a reason why the icon in the taskbar isn't working?  Do I need
>to configure rhn-applet-gui to look someplace else, or does it just not
>work anymore?  (If it doesn't work... are there plans to make it work
>again?)
> 
>I've not used up2date in the past, but rather I would just manually
>download the packages when I noticed there were updates...
> 
>thx
> 
>k
>
>  
>
 See http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=109502
 and http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=108737

Short order is ..

There is (1) a registration issue i.e. you shouldn't have to register and
(2) HTTP redirects fail and since the Fedora "default" download site 
issues a redirect, it looks happy even though it isn't.
The folks at RedHat are working diligently on it and should have it 
fixed soon.

-- 
Doug Brott
brott at redh.com <-- I'm Not affiliated with RedHat