[rhn-users] up2date GNOME applet appears to be broken in RHEL AS

[Brenda]

After the marathon of updates to my RHEL AS (v. 3 for x86) system  last
week, including for up2date, the GNOME applet for up2date appears to be
broken. If I move my mouse over the white check mark on blue circle, it says
it is "Checking RHN for updates", but it never gets past that message to
tell me there are no updates for my system.  If I right-click on it, the
only menu option that is not grayed out is "Exit".  

Of course I can run up2date from the commandline (that launches up2date),
but I depend on the GUI tool to be working, too.  It normally says  XX
updates, 0 ignored. 

Has anyone else noticed this change in this applet's behavior or is it just
my system?