Re: Update applet

On 05/26/2011 01:36 AM, Phil wrote:
> On Thu, 26 May 2011 10:29:55 am Dwight Paige wrote:
>> On 05/25/2011 06:03 AM, Phil wrote:
>>> I've managed to remove the update applet from the task bar. I'm unable to
>>> find it in any of the menu listings. Can someone tell what it's called,
>>> please?
>>
>> KDE or Gnome? In KDE 4 it's in system tray of menu panel. AFAIK
>> mdkapplet icon is only visible in system tray when there are updates
>> available. Don't know about it's behavior in Gnome. Or other desktops.
>
> Thanks for the reply Dwight,
>
> KDE 4.
>
> I had a problem with an intermittent right mouse button that caused several
> applets to disappear from the task bar. I got one back in it's correct place
> and a second that is under the cashew icon and a third (the net applet) that
> doesn't do anything except show that I'm always connected to the Internet even
> when I'm not.
>
> The update applet used to display a red exclamation mark when updates were
> available. Now a dialog box flashes a messages for a split second telling me
> that updates are available. There must be a setting somewhere that I had
> inadvertently turned off.
>
Drat! I should have asked what version of Mandriva?

There 2 places I know of with settings that affect mdkonline/mdkapplet. 
MCC>Configure Updates Frequency and the mdkapplet icon [right click] 
itself. So this may be a catch 22...

mdkonline/mdkapplet are working in 2010.2 x86_64 here. If you are in 
2010.* then open konsole and:

$ killall mdkapplet

$ mdkapplet --testing

Let us know what happens.

-- 
Dwight