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
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, it
may immediately get over a hundred -- or at least repo
