[support] How to diagnose available updates check failure on fresh install

[Jim Tarvid]

Have you run "cron"? One early task is to install a crontab. Another is to
install drush.

Jim

On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 5:36 AM, Matt Jones <matt at snurfer.org> wrote:

> Hi there
>
> I'm brand new to Drupal and have only just in the last day installed a
> fresh copy and I'm going through the stages of setting it up. So far
> everything is working OK except the check for available updates. When
> I check for updates I get a message telling me:
>
> "Unable to fetch any information about available new releases and updates."
>
> However, I'm struggling to find any further information as to why that
> process might be failing (I have so far looked in the apache error log
> and the php error log).
>
> The webserver I'm using for Drupal:
> Apache 2.2.4
> PHP 5.2.1
> Solaris 10 (sparc)
>
> The database is on a separate host and is:
> Mysql 5.1.11 (on Solaris 10, intel)
>
> Like I say it's a fresh install of Drupal 6.15 with no modification
> apart from the fact that I have enabled the path module.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help and/or advice you can give.
>
> --
> Matt Jones
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>



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