Hi ,
i have huawei usb stick modem, i’m connecting to internet with wvdial command, i have configured the file “wvdial.conf” to be able to connect, everything works fine i guess but the update applet still show me the message
Unable to check whether updates are available
please connect to the internet
and connection manager too … it tell me i’m not connected, i think i must configure my connection in an other way …
but i don’t know how …
can anybody help ??
Easy fix: Use YaST or zypper instead of that applet.
I know, you mean users with usb modem sticks can’t enjoy the update applet … ??
Please try this:
Open a terminal and do this,
zypper lu
does it list updates
As well as ‘zypper lu’ you can use ‘zypper lp’, as I understand it the update applet only lists patch updates as opposed to package updates, so to update using zypper as you would using the update applet you should use ‘lp’.
zypper lp
Patch-wise and package-wise updates can be a bit confusing, it’s actually a very useful option and one of the best features of openSUSE .
Patch-wise and package-wise updates
I like patch-wise updates, after trying various other distro’s and having them fall over and break themselves, especially the rolling release type, I’ve come to value stability.
Another useful update option, this command tells you whether there are any important patches available:
zypper pchk
Hi,
thanks for your replies,
I think it’s good using zypper, the command line package manager.
But what i wanted is configuring my usb modem so i’ll be able use all facilities that opensuse allow to a connected computer, the update applet is one of them.
I have already configured it in fedora.
If anybody can help me at this point it will be wonderful x) !!