Unable to check wether updates are available

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#1

Hi.

I’ve been running 11.1 since the release just before christmas. I have received a number of updates through kupdateapplet since then but now the applet goes gray and says “Unable to check wether updates are available”. I found a bug report on the Updater Applet, it reports this error if you haven’t configured an update repo. I originally performed a network install, an update repo was configured then and it has worked before. To be on the safe side I ran “Online Update Configuration” through Yast and got the same update repo added again. I removed the copy so that I have only one update repo (Index of /update/11.1) configured. Is there a log somewhere for the Updater Applet that can give some more info on the error?

#2

Check in YaST which repositories you have enabled at the moment. If you don’t have OSS, non-OSS, Update and Packman, you probably need to add them.

#3

I have them all enabled. The strange thing is that sometimes the applet seem to work, at least it does not go grey and report “Unable to check wether updates are available”, and then again sometimes it does. I cannot figure out what is causing this. When it does go grey I am not using package management myself (through yast) so that cannot be the problem. Is there anyway to check if PackageKit is working correctly?

 Regards, Micke.
#4

same symptoms here and also same question. How to check where it goes wrong?

#5

I do experience exactly the same problem (with 11.1).
Sometimes it helps to “Quit” and restart the Updater Applet, but not always…
Any hint how to fix or debug that ?

#6

I’ve got the same problem.
It only started recently (after an update?).
I haven’t done anything else to cause it.

#7

Does anyone else have this problem?

I have tried rebuilding the rpm database, but kupdater is still not working. Does anyone have a fix? IMHO this is serious.