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Fedora FC4 RHN update icon



robertlaferla at comcast.net wrote:
> For some reason, the RHN icon has turned to a "?" on my FC4 systems and I get the following error dialog when I click it.
> 
> Error: <ProtocolError for xmlrpc.rhn.redhat.com /APPLET: 502 Proxy Error>
> 
> When I dismiss the dialog, the icon returns to normal.  What changed?  Is it the host?

Might be that the update mirror it was trying to contact was down when
the applet tried to contact it.  Probably just doesn't clear the error
until you do some clicking.  Doesn't seem like that's very desirable
behavior...

--Matt




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