3. Mandrakeonline Applet

The applet which resides on your desktop panel informs you about update availability and allows you to perform basic system maintenance tasks.

The applet icon can be in one of many states, depending on the machine status:

The system is up to date. All is fine.
A standard program update is available for your installed packages.
A bugfix update is available for your installed packages.
A security update is available for your installed packages. It is highly recommended that you install security updates.
The applet is currently contacting the server, be patient.
This host is currently not activated. Activate it using the web interface (see Section 2.1, “Subscribing New Machines”).
The applet cannot connect to the server. Check your Internet connection.
The system is currently not configured or a configuration error was found. Launch the configuration wizard (see Section 1, “Initial Configuration”) to use Mandrakeonline.

Clicking on the applet icon opens a dialog with action buttons, followed by the current machine status.

Figure 20.10. Mandrakeonline Applet

Mandrakeonline Applet
Install updates

Manually launch the updates installer by opening Rpmdrake (see Section 3, “Mandrakelinux Update”).

Configure

Launch the wizard (see Section 1, “Initial Configuration”). This can be useful to resend your machine configuration to the server, for example if you have upgraded your hardware.

Check updates

Manually connects to the server to check if updates are available. This is normally done periodically by the applet, but if you have no permanent connection to the Internet, it may be useful to manually check for updates when you are online.