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danramos 2009-07-13 22:38
Re: How to stop uncommanded downloads?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Benson (Post 304311)
Well, that's easy enough. If you've got gconf-editor installed, just go to /apps/hildon/update-notifier and set check_interval to something really huge. If not, then you really should install it, but this'll do the same thing:
Code:
gconftool -st int /apps/hildon/update-notifier/check_interval 2147483647
If you don't manually check for updates in the next 4083 years, it will still go ahead and try to check automatically, but bandwidth should be cheap enough by then for this to be a non-issue. ;)
What ever happened to just turning it off? This is like Y2K all over again! You watch! In 4083 years, we'll be all like, 'OMG!! WTF?? LOL!' ;)

equivocal 2009-07-14 08:00
Re: How to stop uncommanded downloads?
 
I prefer off to thousand-year-delay myself. But apparently "off" is an alien concept.

Very frustrating. "check_interval" is the only control? 0 is sometimes an "off" value but attempts to set 0 revert to 1440.

Relocating /usr/lib/hildon-desktop/libhildon-update-notifier.so* stopped it in its tracks. Unknown side effects, but didn't stop the Application Manager GUI from checking for updates. Not what I'd consider a good solution.

lma 2009-07-14 08:24
Re: How to stop uncommanded downloads?
 
Uhm... qwerty12 already pointed to the place where the recurring event is defined. Just edit the XML (carefully!) and restart alarmd.

attila77 2009-07-14 10:21
Re: How to stop uncommanded downloads?
 
I could have sworn there was a way to set it from GUI, but can't remember whether it was from app manager or control panel sub-sub-sub-submenu...

tso 2009-07-14 10:37
Re: How to stop uncommanded downloads?
 
app manager is hiding a settings dialog, but to access it one need to restart app manager after doing the red pill switch...

Benson 2009-07-14 10:44
Re: How to stop uncommanded downloads?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by tso (Post 304411)
app manager is hiding a settings dialog, but to access it one need to restart app manager after doing the red pill switch...
Yeah, and IIRC that allows you to disable it (but not to set the interval -- the default 24h is too long for my taste!), but I'm not sure whether that persists after switching back to blue pill.

equivocal 2009-07-15 06:50
Re: How to stop uncommanded downloads?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by lma (Post 304399)
Uhm... qwerty12 already pointed to the place where the recurring event is defined. Just edit the XML (carefully!) and restart alarmd.
When the event kept reappearing I concluded that it was not the root of the problem. Alot of this would be attributable to not killing alarmd first. Also, tweaking the check_interval with gconftool generated a replacement event.

lma 2009-07-15 07:31
Re: How to stop uncommanded downloads?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by equivocal (Post 304628)
When the event kept reappearing I concluded that it was not the root of the problem. Alot of this would be attributable to not killing alarmd first.
Probably, I just tried it (including restarting alarmd) and it didn't reappear even after starting h-a-m and doing a manual update.

Quote:
Also, tweaking the check_interval with gconftool generated a replacement event.
Indeed it does, but that's reasonable IMHO.

equivocal 2009-07-15 08:48
Re: How to stop uncommanded downloads?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by lma (Post 304631)
Probably, I just tried it (including restarting alarmd) and it didn't reappear even after starting h-a-m and doing a manual update.
Over my dialup internet connection the downloads were taking longer than the 1 minute check interval. With the next event firing immediately my edits weren't taking effect.

Once it got sorted out the event did not reappear until I toggled [Control Panel > Panels > Status bar > Software update notifier] on. Toggling it off did not remove the event.

lma 2009-07-15 22:44
Re: How to stop uncommanded downloads?
 
DDTT :-)


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