diff --git a/package-updates/config b/package-updates/config
index 34e06be5a..595c27609 100644
--- a/package-updates/config
+++ b/package-updates/config
@@ -1 +1 @@
-cache_time=1
+cache_time=6
diff --git a/package-updates/install_check.pl b/package-updates/install_check.pl
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..08610f1c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package-updates/install_check.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# install_check.pl
+
+do 'package-updates-lib.pl';
+
+# is_installed(mode)
+# For mode 1, returns 2 if the server is installed and configured for use by
+# Webmin, 1 if installed but not configured, or 0 otherwise.
+# For mode 0, returns 1 if installed, 0 if not
+sub is_installed
+{
+return 0 if (!&foreign_installed("software"));
+return $software::update_system ? $_[0]+1 : 0;
+}
+
diff --git a/package-updates/module.info b/package-updates/module.info
index 2f82c9641..cf1ef1222 100644
--- a/package-updates/module.info
+++ b/package-updates/module.info
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 desc=Software Package Updates
 longdesc=Displays available package updates from YUM, APT or other update systems
 category=system
-depends=software cron mailboxes 1.420
+depends=software cron mailboxes
 os_support=redhat-linux debian-linux mandrake-linux/10.2-* solaris
diff --git a/package-updates/package-updates-lib.pl b/package-updates/package-updates-lib.pl
index 871d5c01d..9cdf74868 100644
--- a/package-updates/package-updates-lib.pl
+++ b/package-updates/package-updates-lib.pl
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 # Functions for checking for updates to packages from YUM, APT or some other
 # update system.
-#
-# XXX cron job to collect .. actually use webmin module collector
-#	XXX re-check after package update
-# XXX show on system information page?
 
 BEGIN { push(@INC, ".."); };
 eval "use WebminCore;";
diff --git a/package-updates/update.cgi b/package-updates/update.cgi
index 05080bce0..fcdaad83b 100755
--- a/package-updates/update.cgi
+++ b/package-updates/update.cgi
@@ -98,7 +98,10 @@ else {
 			}
 
 		# Refresh collected package info
-		# XXX call webmin
+		if (&foreign_checked("system-status")) {
+			&foreign_require("system-status");
+			&system_status::refresh_possible_packages(\@got));
+			}
 
 		&webmin_log("update", "packages", scalar(@got),
 			    { 'got' => \@got });
diff --git a/system-status/CHANGELOG b/system-status/CHANGELOG
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e07aeef05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system-status/CHANGELOG
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---- Changes since 1.490 ----
+First version of this module, for collecting system information using a background Cron job.
diff --git a/system-status/enable-collection.pl b/system-status/enable-collection.pl
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..01b2b1b1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system-status/enable-collection.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/local/bin/perl
+# Command-line script to enable status collection
+
+$no_acl_check++;
+require 'system-status-lib.pl';
+$ARGV[0] eq 'none' || $ARGV[0] =~ /^[1-9][0-9]*$/ && $ARGV[0] <= 60 ||
+	die "usage: enable-collection.pl none|<mins>";
+
+$config{'collect_interval'} = $ARGV[0];
+&save_module_config();
+&setup_collectinfo_job();
diff --git a/system-status/postinstall.pl b/system-status/postinstall.pl
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..58dde8429
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system-status/postinstall.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+
+require 'system-status-lib.pl';
+
+sub module_install
+{
+# Create wrapper for system status setup script
+if (&foreign_check("cron")) {
+	&foreign_require("cron");
+	&cron::create_wrapper("$module_config_directory/enable-collection.pl",
+			      $module_name, "enable-collection.pl");
+	}
+}
+
diff --git a/system-status/system-status-lib.pl b/system-status/system-status-lib.pl
index 50635d04b..95fc3f6a7 100755
--- a/system-status/system-status-lib.pl
+++ b/system-status/system-status-lib.pl
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 # Functions for collecting general system info
 #
-# XXX Use on main page of blue theme
-# XXX Show package updates on blue theme main page
 # XXX Collect from Cloudmin
 # XXX Cloudmin should enable background collection
-# XXX Check new Webmin version and module updates too?
+# XXX Cloudmin should install using YUM
 
 BEGIN { push(@INC, ".."); };
 eval "use WebminCore;";
@@ -54,7 +52,7 @@ if (&foreign_check("mount")) {
 	}
 
 # Available package updates
-if (&foreign_check("package-updates") && $config{'collect_pkgs'}) {
+if (&foreign_installed("package-updates") && $config{'collect_pkgs'}) {
 	&foreign_require("package-updates");
 	my @poss = &package_updates::list_possible_updates(2, 1);
 	$info->{'poss'} = \@poss;
@@ -94,15 +92,6 @@ my ($info) = @_;
 &close_tempfile(INFO);
 }
 
-# refresh_startstop_status()
-# Refresh regularly collected info on status of services
-sub refresh_startstop_status
-{
-my $info = &get_collected_info();
-$info->{'startstop'} = [ &get_startstop_links() ];
-&save_collected_info($info);
-}
-
 # refresh_possible_packages(&newpackages)
 # Refresh regularly collected info on available packages
 sub refresh_possible_packages
@@ -110,7 +99,7 @@ sub refresh_possible_packages
 my ($pkgs) = @_;
 my %pkgs = map { $_, 1 } @$pkgs;
 my $info = &get_collected_info();
-if ($info->{'poss'} && &foreign_check("package-updates")) {
+if ($info->{'poss'} && &foreign_installed("package-updates")) {
 	&foreign_require("package-updates");
 	my @poss = &package_updates::list_possible_updates(2);
 	$info->{'poss'} = \@poss;