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snowman	2010-06-10 , 19:47
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Originally Posted by Venemo

This page will tell you how to disable automatic checking.

thanks..but what is the name of that gconf file..want to edit that file

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	devu	2010-06-10 , 20:01
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Hmm guys, but this question here actually make sense to me. I'd like to update any software, but for example: After I get PR 1.2 and successfully installed MyPaint, 4 days later there is an update available. This time keep telling me "unable to update". Same PR, I didn't actually mes up anything uninstalled or installed anything new. But this update reminder keep popping up every day. Same situation with 2 plug-ins for conversation. I was trying to disable repos in many different variations, nothing helped really. I've received 3 more today and those was successfully updated.

4 months ago when I bought my N900 everything was clear with App manager. Any of installation or update never failed. Now seems to me like somebody needs to really take care about all this mess and package inconsistency over there.

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megoodsen	2010-06-10 , 20:57
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Originally Posted by Venemo

This page will tell you how to disable automatic checking.

Can that be done with apps as came with the fone or do I need to download something?

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michaaa62	2010-06-10 , 21:12
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You will need to install rootsh through application manager.
Then you will need some basic editor to edit the file, may that be in the terminal-editors like nano, vi etc. or leafpad (install it and start it from a terminal as root).

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	Venemo	2010-06-10 , 21:18
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Originally Posted by snowman

thanks..but what is the name of that gconf file..want to edit that file

Originally Posted by megoodsen

Can that be done with apps as came with the fone or do I need to download something?

Okay, for both of you:

You'll need some way of accessing the rootfs (the file system on which system files are stored).

The two simplest things:

Install rootsh and Midnight Commander (mc) on the N900
EASIER: Install OpenSSH on the N900 and use WinSCP

As the article says, go to /var/lib/gconf/apps/hildon/update-notifier

There is a single XML file there which you need to edit.
Mine is as follows:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<gconf>
	<entry name="blink-after" mtime="1274823819" type="int" value="10000000"/>
	<entry name="check_interval" mtime="1274791864" type="int" value="10000000"/>
</gconf>

Hope this helps!

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	pelago	2010-06-10 , 21:27
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Surely you should used gconftool to do this, not edit the XML directly?

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	Venemo	2010-06-10 , 22:10
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Originally Posted by pelago

Surely you should used gconftool to do this, not edit the XML directly?

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!

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snowman	2010-06-16 , 12:37
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Originally Posted by pelago

Surely you should used gconftool to do this, not edit the XML directly?

help please

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Rob1n	2010-06-16 , 12:51
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Originally Posted by Venemo

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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	Venemo	2010-06-16 , 12:56
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Originally Posted by Rob1n

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.

Okay.
And what's the problem with editing the XML directly?

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