[WBEL-users] RHN up2date desktop applet still not working

[Johnny Hughes]

You have to go to the directory /usr/share/rhn/rhn_applet and edit the
files:

rhn_applet_model.py
rhn_applet_rpc.py

In those files replace redhat-release with whitebox-release

I think that is all I did ... 

-Johnny Hughes

On Mon, 2004-03-15 at 04:34, Gary Mansell wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have changed my repo to a file based yum type instead of dir which
> works fine - thanks for that.
> 
> Up2date works fine with this new repo but the rhn applet still stays
> grey. I have tried touching the systemid file - I don't get the dialog
> asking whether I want to register for RHN but I do still get the
> unhandled exception error.
> 
> It looks to me like I will have to try the newer rpm - 2.1.7 if I want
> this to work. Are there any changes that need to be made once I have
> installed this rpm as it is a Redhat rather than a WBEL rpm?
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2004-03-12 at 16:54, William Hooper wrote: 
> > Gary Mansell said:
> > > Everything is hashed out in the sources file apart from the dir line
> > 
> > Hmm.  I wonder if your issue is some kind of fall-back and rhn-applet
> > doesn't support dir.  I'll have to look into that and get back to you.
> > 
> > > Further info:
> > >
> > > If I click the applet icon I get an error message saying unhandled
> > > exception and a pop up saying: "Your system does not seem to be
> > > registered with the Redhat Netrwork" with two buttons "Register" or
> > > "Cancel"
> > 
> > This, unfortunately, is normal.  WB uses the rhn-applet that FC1
> > originally shipped with that has this bug.  Upgrading to a newer
> > rhn-applet will fix it.  IIRC you can also touch
> > /etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid to make it think you are registered.
> > 
> > > Here is the text of the unhandled exception window:
> > >
> > > Exception type exceptions.KeyError
> > >
> > > Exception Handler Information
> > > Traceback (most recent call last):
> > 
> > This is also interesting.  As I said, I will try to look into the dir
> > support this evening.  In the mean time if you want to try upgrading,
> > another thing to try would be to set your mirror up as a yum "file:///"
> > type instead of dir (since I assume you are grabbing the headers in your
> > rsync anyway).  I've included the "official unofficial" location for the
> > rhn-applet updates below.  I've been using 2.1.7 since I built my current
> > WBEL machine and haven't had a problem.  If you are interested I can send
> > you the location my whitebox-released fixed RPM (off list of course, don't
> > want to kill my DSL line).
> > http://people.redhat.com/~veillard/testing/FC1/i386/rhn-applet/
> 
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