RedHat Network Updates

MarcRJacobs · 03-18-2003, 03:44 PM

I run RedHat 8.0 Professional staright out of the box. A few days after installing it the RHN icon disappeared from the system tray when under KDE. It is there and works fine in GNOME. I can manually run RedHat Network Update, and it works fine, but I would like to get the icon back, as I like KDE better. Can anyone tell me how, keeping in mind that I am very new to Linux?

Thanks,
Marc

Zerodark · 03-18-2003, 03:59 PM

i don't know how to get the icon back, though you can go to system tools and go to Red Hat Network and it works the same way.

mhearn · 03-18-2003, 04:37 PM

Make sure the redhat network update daemon is running. When logged in to gnome, do a ps ax and look for the daemon, it has a fairly obvious name, if you get stuck ask and i'll check tomorrow when i'm in front of my redhat box.

Then make sure that's being run on kde startup.

MarcRJacobs · 03-18-2003, 07:06 PM

I check ps ax, and found "rhnsd --interval 120". Seemed fine, so I loaded "Server (Server Management)", and found the rhnsd daemon. Stopped, started, and restarted numerous times, but the icon still does not return. Then, I checked the system monitor, and it is running, as root, using 540k, 0% cpu, and on id 1633. All seems fine, but no icon. Any ideas?

Crashed_Again · 03-18-2003, 07:14 PM

Do:

rhn-applet-gui&

Your applet will appear again.

MarcRJacobs · 03-18-2003, 08:33 PM

Thanks, it does indeed put it back, but only until you close the terminal window you typed it into. When that window is closed, or you login next time it doesn't come back. Is there a more permanent solution?

Crashed_Again · 03-18-2003, 08:47 PM

Well it shouldn't go away after you close the terminal as long as you put the & after the rhn-applet-gui command. When you log out you can choose the 'save current session' option so that it is there when you log in again.

MarcRJacobs · 03-18-2003, 09:11 PM

You're correct, I didn't see the space before the &. So, I tried the following:
cd /home/marc
cat>startrhngui
rhn-applet-gui&
^D
chmod +x startrhngui
cd /etc/rc.d/rc5.d
ln -v /home/marc/startrhngui S91rhngui

This created a symbolic link to the file created in my home directory. However, it to did not have the space before the &. Then, I read this last message from you, tried a space, and I'm fixed. But, how do I undo the symbolic link I created?

Crashed_Again · 03-18-2003, 09:14 PM

Can't you just delete the symbolic link you created?

MarcRJacobs · 03-18-2003, 09:26 PM

Yup, worked fine. Deleted the link, the the little startup file, rebooted, and all is still fine. Thanks a lot for all your help.