Description of Problem: when I launch up2date from the button inside the rhn-applet, it starts incredibly slowly, i.e. takes about 30 seconds on a fast system. Launching from a terminal window starts it up instantaneously. Is it blocking on some check somewhere?
rhn-applet 1.0.2-3
it is slow from the command line, too -- our RWC proxies are majorly overloaded right now. can you confirm it is slow also from the command line?