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Hi,
I can't find any update applet for Mageia, similar to those that existed in Mandriva 2008 and OpenSuse for example.
I don't even remember if it was present by default in the system when I installed it...
Does anything like this exist in Mageia?

Thank you.

Yes, it exists, is enabled by default and has been that way like the last 3-4 years on Mandriva.
Normally it pops up if there are updates, if you haven't disabled it. You can also call it manually
from Mageia Control Center under Software Management -> Update your system

Thank you!
So it looks like I disabled it right after system installation.
How can I enable it now? In MCC - Software Management - Configure Updates Frequency there is nothing like enable/disable switch...
Google says it used to be an mdkapplet, but I can't either run it or find it in repos.
So may it be mgaapplet for Mageia? But when I run it, nothing happens...

Yes, it's started via mgaapplet, but will only appear after some time (so it doesn't popup directly after login)
and after some predefined intervals (not sure if 3 or 6 hours by default) if there are updates available.
Systemwide settings for it are in /etc/sysconfig/mgaapplet but maybe you have a file in your /home
where you disabled it?

Could you please look if there is an .MgaOnline/ folder in your /home directory? If there's a file in it,
please post it here. If i'm correct, you'll have a file in there which contains the line "AUTOSTART=FALSE"
which causes the applet to not start automatically.

You are right, there is a file /home/user/.Mgaonline/mgaonline:

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AUTOSTART=TRUE
LASTCHECK=Mon_Jun_27_13:13:02_2011

Looks like I enabled it back by running mgaapplet manually.

Thank you.