Sun Update Connection System Update Manager Bugs

The following section describes an issue that might arise when you use the Sun Update Manager application:

The selected options in the Notification dialog box of the Preferences window are not saved. (6437063)

Description: When you select Preferences from the File menu, and click the Notifications tab, the Display Notification Icon and Menu should be selected by default. When you change this selection and choose not to Display the Notification Icon and Menu click Apply and then click OK, the change is not saved.

Cause: The swupnot script that starts the Notification application tries to determine if the user is running the GNOME desktop before launching (it is not CDE compatible) by checking if the gnome-netstatus-applet is running. If the script finds that the applet is not running, it terminates.

Workaround: To save your selection in the Notification dialog box, you must start the gnome-netstatus-applet. Right-click the GNOME desktop panel and select Add to Panel from the menu that appears. Select Internet from the next menu that appears and then select Network Monitor. Now launch Update Manager, select Preferences from the File menu, and select the Notifications tab. Make your selections, click Apply and then click OK to close the Preferences window. Your selection is now saved.

This workaround only applies to sessions that are running the GNOME panel. It does not apply to users running CDE or those displaying the Update Manager remotely.