I just re-installed SuSe 10 and whilst looking in yast I discovered I forgot how to add a source for updating? I hope I have that term right.

Seems to me that a few months ago I found a site that had the walk through on how to point yast to update from this server, I've been looking and I believe it may have been packman but I can't be certain. It seems to me that it ran a lot like apt as far as keeping everything up to date.

I also loaded KDE and I've been using GNOME for a few months before I re-installed. I see I don't have the little icon on the taskbar that tells me when security updates are available.

Is that only on GNOME?

anyway, if anybody has the faintest idea on what I'm talking about as far as the (I think Packman) goes. I did a google search and found a website that's in German bt I don't think that's it.

I'll just be darned if I can remember what the name was or anything about it.

It sure did make updating and installing stuff really easy though.

Anyway thanks for reading my flaky message

http://packman.rsync.zmi.at/suse/10.0/

As for the icon, you probably need to turn suse watcher on.

To add an online source for installation, open the YaST control center and click "Installation Source". A window will open up with the original installation source listed (CD/DVD), and probably nothing else.

Click the "Add" button, and you will be offered a list of protocols / source types. The Packman repository that I have used uses HTTP. Click this, and a box will pop up asking for a server name, and directory.

For the repository I use (http://packman.iu-bremen.de/suse/10.0), enter packman.iu-bremen.de in the server name box (with no leading or trailing slashes, or protocol). In the Directory on Server box, enter suse/10.0 (again without leading or trailing slashes).

You also have the option to choose the type of authentication that the server uses. In this case, the appropriate setting is Anonymous.

Packman has a number of other repositories, and you may wish to search for one that is geographically closer to you. There is a list on this page.

As for the other issue, was the icon the one for SuSEWatcher? If so, I have had it on my taskbar in KDE. I never really used it, and I can't tell you exactly how it got there, but it can be used in KDE.