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Re: [SLE] SuSE Watcher question
- From: Anders Johansson <andjoh@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 17:13:33 +0200
- Message-id: <200506111713.33688.andjoh@xxxxxxxxxx>
On Saturday 11 June 2005 15:21, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> My SuSE Watcher icon generally shows orange, and I frequently get
> dialog box that it is unable to connect. This is on SuSE 9.3 both at
> home and at work. At work, I am behind a firewall, and although my
> proxy settings are correct, there could be something blocking it.
> I checked SuSE Firewall settings, but I did not see any settings that
> might affect SuSE watcher. On both my home system (direct connect via
> Linksys router) and at work, I am able to do YOU.
You need to set the proxy settings locally for your regular user. The full
online update runs as root so it uses /root/.curlrc for its proxy settings.
The susewatcher process runs as the normal user, so you need
a /home/<user>/.curlrc with the proxy settings. Just copy it from /root/
> My SuSE Watcher icon generally shows orange, and I frequently get
> dialog box that it is unable to connect. This is on SuSE 9.3 both at
> home and at work. At work, I am behind a firewall, and although my
> proxy settings are correct, there could be something blocking it.
> I checked SuSE Firewall settings, but I did not see any settings that
> might affect SuSE watcher. On both my home system (direct connect via
> Linksys router) and at work, I am able to do YOU.
You need to set the proxy settings locally for your regular user. The full
online update runs as root so it uses /root/.curlrc for its proxy settings.
The susewatcher process runs as the normal user, so you need
a /home/<user>/.curlrc with the proxy settings. Just copy it from /root/
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