On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 10:01:08 -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> | From: BeartoothHOS | Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010
> 18:51:05 + (UTC) |
> | Is it just me??
> |
> | I've noticed, on several machines (PC, laptop, netbook) that if |
the
> machine has no connection, or thinks it has none, the
| From: BeartoothHOS
| Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:51:05 + (UTC)
|
| Is it just me??
|
| I've noticed, on several machines (PC, laptop, netbook) that if
| the machine has no connection, or thinks it has none, the gpk function
| claims there are no updates; but if I doubt that an
On 16 April 2010 22:35, Rick Stevens wrote:
> Hmmm, I'd call that a work-around, not a solution. The solution is for
> gpk (in fact, all GUI-based stuff) to query the NICs via something like
>
> ip link show up | egrep "(eth.:|wlan.:)"
>
> and see if any network link is up. Or scan /proc/
On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:14:31 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-04-16 at 18:51 +, BeartoothHOS wrote:
>> Is it just me??
[]
> Sounds like the old "interface not managed by NetworkManager" trick.
> Some Gnome apps rely on NM to tell them if the machine is connecte
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 14:35:48 -0700,
Rick Stevens wrote:
>
> The problem is if you have to authenticate using a network-based
> mechanism (e.g. NIS/NIS+ or LDAP), then you have to use the classic
> networking stuff since NM doesn't fire until you're logged in AND are
> using a GUI.
>
> Perh
On 04/16/2010 01:44 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-04-16 at 18:51 +, BeartoothHOS wrote:
>> Is it just me??
>>
>> I've noticed, on several machines (PC, laptop, netbook) that if
>> the machine has no connection, or thinks it has none, the gpk function
>> claims there ar
On Fri, 2010-04-16 at 18:51 +, BeartoothHOS wrote:
> Is it just me??
>
> I've noticed, on several machines (PC, laptop, netbook) that if
> the machine has no connection, or thinks it has none, the gpk function
> claims there are no updates; but if I doubt that and run yum update
