Re: Can't add up2date applet to panel in Garnome 2.10

[guenther <guenther rudersport de>]

> I've finished migrating all of my menus over from
> /usr/share/applications, but I still can't figure out how to add the
> up2date applet back to the panel.  You know, the one that has a blue
> check mark if there are no new updates but flashes red with an
> exclamation point if there are updates available?
> 
> Anyone got any suggestions for getting this applet back in the panel? 
> The option doesn't exist for me in the normal "Add to panel" menu and
> clicking on the application in Applications > System Tools (even
> though the icon is different) doesn't seem to do anything.  Any help
> would be much appreciated.

Caveat: I'm not a RH user...

AFAIK the 'up2date' thingy you are talking about is not an applet. It's
an app, that lives in your Notification Area. [1]

That means, you should add the Notification Area to the panel (yes, the
Notification Area is an Applet) and run the 'up2date' app you are
looking for. This app is not in the Applet list, and should display the
icon you are used to, when running.

HTH

...guenther


[1] Nitpicking you think? Maybe, but AFAIK there is a big difference.
Applets are limited to GNOME only. Apps which display an icon in the
Notification Area are not, and have the same functionality on a KDE
Desktop.


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