Thread: Can I stop checking for updates I don't want?
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Rob1n is offline Rob1n
2010-06-16 , 12:51
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#19
Originally Posted by Venemo View Post
Well, I don't know what gconf or gconftool is.
But I found the XML with the help of the wiki article and I was able to edit it.

I would be glad if you could shed some more light on the subject!
gconf is the configuration system for GTK, and gconftool (or gconftool-2) is the application used to interact with this system. You can get help on gconftool-2 by running "gconftool-2 --help".

To modify the update frequency, the command to use is:
Code:
gconftool-2 --set /apps/hildon/update-notifier/check_interval --type=int 10000000
Similarly to set the blink-after value (though I don't think that needs setting).

Oh, and you can run all this as the normal user, no need to be root.
 

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