FC6 software update notification

[David Timms]

Richard England wrote:
> Gerhard Magnus wrote:
>> After installing FC6 I noticed something resembling the return of the
>> old Redhat software update icon on the panel.  Running the application
>> worked fine the first time but I seem to have lost the icon somehow.
>> What's this program called?  How do I get it back running in the
>> background and notifying me about available updates?
>>
>> Thanks for the help!  --Jerry
> 
> run   system-config-services  from the command line and look for 
> "yum-updatesd".  If that service is running, you have nothing more to 
> do. My system alerts me periodically when updates are available.
Further to that: the icon is from puplet {the pup applet}. Once you have 
applied any outstanding updates, a minute or so later, puplet hides it's 
icon. If the yum-updatesd eventually finds some extra updates, it 
informs puplet so that the icon will then be displayed again.

DaveT.