[rhn-users] Need some help

[Michael Andrewjeski]

John,

The telnet output simply means that you have connectivity connect to the
server for the updates.

Try an up2date -l and either tee or redirect the output to a file so you
can refer to any errors.

If you get a listing of packages then

run up2date -p again either tee or redirect the output.

If you update packages then this could take some time depending on the
speed of your pipe

HTH

Mike


-----Original Message-----
From: rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com]
On Behalf Of John Wirt
Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 10:35 PM
To: RedHat Users List submit
Subject: [rhn-users] Need some help


After two months of trying to download and install updates using the
RedHat network, I am about ready to wipe out Linux and install Windows
XP.  Could someone please answer this quesiton.

There are 370 packages that need to be downloaded and installed on my
Enterprise v3 Intel EMT64T system.

I have managed to schedule several of the packages for download but they
never arrive and they are never installed. What does the "scheduling" of
a download mean? When will the packages be installed?

When I log into the RHN, the Errata tab appears. So I presume that my
system is registered and I am entitled to downloads.

The RHN System Summary fior my system says that
   Total Systems = 1
   Out of date systems = 1
   Inactive system = 1

My system is apparently not "checking in" to the RedHat network. To find
out, I followed the procedure in FAQ#15. I executed this command,

     telnet xmlrpc.rhn.redhat.com 443 

The response that I got was 
 
     Connection closed by foreign host. <<=====

What does this mean? What should I do about it?

John Wirt


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