up2date --register

[J. Scott Amort]

On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 18:32, Gerry Tool wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 16:48, Marc Williams wrote:
> > On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 16:41, Louis Garcia wrote:
> > > I cant seem to get my fedora core 1 system registered with rhn. When I
> > > click the rhn-applet it tells me that my system does not seem to be
> > > registered with the Red Hat Network. When I hit Register with RHN is
> > > runs up2date but now the register part. Anyone else seeing this?
> > > 
> > > --Thanks
> > > 
> > 
> > Yes, I was just about to post about that too.  I'm finding the whole
> > up2date, apt, yum, rhn a little confusing.  Fortunately, I'll be running
> > Axel Thimm's ATrpm product so I don't think I'll have to fret about it
> > too much.
> 
> Just try running up2date --configure.  Up2date does not use rhn in
> Fedora, it automatically uses yum repositories and sets up two channels
> called "fedora-core-1" and "updates-released."
> 
> If you have difficulty, I suggest you uninstall your current up2date and
> up2date-gnome and install the latest version which is 4-1.16-1 and then
> run up2date --configure.  Should work after that.  There are not yet any
> updates for a Fedora Core 1 system.
> 
I don't think up2date is the problem - the prompt to register with rhn
occurs only when clicking on the update applet, not when running up2date
from a terminal.

Scott