2008/8/17 Michael Roberts <mrioce@googlemail.com>:
2008/8/1 Michael Roberts <mrioce@googlemail.com>:
2008/8/1 Kevin Dupuy <kevin.dupuy@opensuse.org>:
On Fri, 2008-08-01 at 11:25 +0200, Michael Roberts wrote:
OpenSUSE 11.0 with Gnome, on amd x86_64. When I boot up the system, I see the green or orange sun at the bottom which is the online update applet. Once I have inspected and applied the updates, this icon disappears. On Suse 10.3, it would remain and I could tell it to check again.
I only see this icon again when I reboot and often immediately see new updates, which makes me think the applet stops running after the first time it updates anything.
It depends on your settings. [...]
Thanks for that clear answer. I have selected hourly updates for a while, just so I can see that it really does find updates while the system is running...
Well I have left the system running for eight days now. There is no automatic update icon showing. Checking for System Updates from the Yast Software Management shows four entries - dnsmasq, PackageKit, postfix, python, of which all except PackageKit are security updates. I'm saving a draft of this message so far and will now reboot...
Well immediately after I rebooted, I got the orange sun icon which showed that updates are present. It is listing one update, which is the Packagekit update - the one from above which does not involve security!
So firstly, I definitely think that the automatic update function is not working on my computer Secondly, there is no user feedback as to whether or not it is running. Thirdly, when it does run after a reboot it is offering optional (albeit "important") updates and omitting serious-looking security updates.
The Update System overview dialog says "Last refresh: over a week ago, last update: over a week ago". Does this confirm that the hourly inspection has not been happening, or is that something else?
I have just checked the Automatic Online Update Setup -Yast dialog in the rebooted system - and automatic updates are disabled! Despite the fact that I definitely enabled them as reported above. Does the automatic update run after a reboot even if it is disabled?
I will enable the functionality once again, to see if I can find out when it is getting disabled. How can I check whether the application is in fact running every hour? Is there a log of the results of the latest requests? Is there a web page which lists current updates and when they were made available?
... I always rathe liked to see the green "no updates pending" indication. It is a sort of Linux' Security Blanket.
I think I need a Security Blanket!
I have just realised that the configuration I needed is hiding in the Computer -> System Control Centre (and have started a re-titled thread to address that issue.) That aspect of the update functionality is showing as enabled for every hour. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org