Description of problem: In RHEL 6.x, you can open Subscription Manager by going to System > Administration, which we point users to when they opt for manual subscription in firstboot. In RHEL 5.x, to open Subscription Manager, you navigate through Applications > System Tools. The .desktop files are exactly the same, so it seems like something in GNOME makes them end up in different spots. Is it possible to include strings to account for both places, and switch between the two depending on which major release we're building for? Text currently says: "You will need to manually subscribe this system after completing firstboot. Subscription Manager can be found in System > Administration > Subscription Manager. After opening Subscription Manager, manually subscribe via the All Available Subscriptions tab." Ideally, we could replace "System > Administration" with "Applications > System Tools" when talking about a 5.x system. Looking at this again, we should also swap out "Subscription Manager" for "Red Hat Subscription Manager" to be prim and proper. Thanks to alikins for getting me a screenshot: http://snarl.usersys.redhat.com/~adrian/rhel59_menu.png
Per discussions with matt, will remove the text which says where to find Subscription Managger. The location is documented, and the binary is on the path so there are ways to locate it without the doco.
fixed in master at ccb3005274f8e75475e03392c3f45890a0b10a0d.
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Created attachment 606967 [details] Screenshot with partial fix Verifying Version... [root@jsefler-rhel59 ~]# rpm -q subscription-manager-firstboot subscription-manager-firstboot-1.0.14-1.el5 From the attached screenshot you will see that the RHEL6 menu path has been completely removed. However... > Looking at this again, we should also swap out "Subscription Manager" for "Red Hat Subscription Manager" to be prim and proper. ^ this request from comment 0 has not been answered. Should it stay or should it go? Moving back to ASSIGNED with NEEDINFO
My vote is still to update the strings in the dialog and add Red Hat to them (the one in the green circle and the string underneath it). I'm not sure we should drop Red Hat from the name in the menu, but I would like to make sure the strings in both of those circles match.
submitted pull request. Added Red Hat to Subscription Manager. Did not add in per-release strings.
fixed in master at a6383f65b71b93585aa10247716fc1323c31bdda
Verifying Version... [root@jsefler-rhel59 ~]# rpm -q subscription-manager-firstboot subscription-manager-firstboot-1.0.21-1.el5
Created attachment 622457 [details] "Red Hat" precludes "Subscription Manager" as requested
Created attachment 622458 [details] "Red Hat" continues to preclude "Subscription Manager" in the System Tools menu as requested
Moving to VERIFIED: the menu path has been removed as agreed in comment 1 and "Red Hat" now precludes "Subscription Manager" in the firstboot panel as requested in comment 6.
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-0033.html