On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 03:23:48PM -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Tue, 2008-10-21 at 15:34 -0400, Dave Feustel wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 02:38:36PM -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > On Tue, 2008-10-21 at 14:39 -0400, Dave Feustel wrote: > > > > Running F9, the administrative -> update option no longer works. > > > > When I click for details, I get the message "cannot update whilst > > > > offline". I have network access. How do I make updates think > > > > that it is online? > > > > > > > > Also, what is the difference between running the console command > > > > yum update and doing an update via the administrative desktop? > > > > > > Are you using Network Manager, and if so is NM managing your interface? > 1. Is there a nm-applet in the upper panel on the left? > 2. Check what:chkconfig --list |grep NetworkManager returns I don't understand either point 1 or point 2; I do almost everything via the command line in xterm. Could you elaborate? Thanks. > > As far as I can tell, I'm not using network manager. How can I be sure? > > > > > If NM is running but not managing the interface, it thinks you aren't > > > connected even when you are, and some Gnome apps believe it (Evolution > > > is one and I'm guessing PackageKit is another). > > > > > > "yum" doesn't pay any attention to this, so it's not affected. > > > -- > ======================================================================= > The whole world is a scab. The point is to pick it constructively. -- > Peter Beard > ======================================================================= > Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
