[SOLVED] Frequency of Software Update Notifier

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daihard Registered Member Posts 72 Karma 0 OS	[SOLVED] Frequency of Software Update Notifier Fri Mar 25, 2011 3:11 pm KDE version: 4.5.5 Distribution: Kubuntu 10.10 Hi. I am wondering if I'm missing something. I would like to be notified of software updates weekly, not daily, so I went into the Software Management (inside System Settings) --> Settings, and chose "Weekly" for the "Check for updates" option. I still seem to see the notifier on the system tray every time updates are available, which is more frequent than every week. Could someone tell me what I'm doing wrong? Thanks, Dai Last edited by daihard on Thu Mar 31, 2011 5:51 pm, edited 1 time in total. Kubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) 64-bit / KDE 4.8.1 Work: Dell Precision T5500 (Xeon E5506 @ 2.13 GHz x 2 / 12GB RAM) Home: Panasonic Toughbook W8 (Core 2 Duo @ 1.20 GHz / 4GB RAM)
einar Administrator Posts 3402 Karma 7 OS	Re: Frequency of Software Update Notifier Fri Mar 25, 2011 9:55 pm As far as I can tell, this is probably some weird behavior in KPackageKit/Apper. Despite it appearing in System Settings, it is not officially part of the KDE modules. You may want first to consult your distribution (Kubuntu) and if this behavior is confirmed, open a bug on bugs.kde.org. "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." Plasma FAQ maintainer - Plasma programming with Python
daihard Registered Member Posts 72 Karma 0 OS	Re: Frequency of Software Update Notifier Sat Mar 26, 2011 5:33 pm einar wrote:As far as I can tell, this is probably some weird behavior in KPackageKit/Apper. Despite it appearing in System Settings, it is not officially part of the KDE modules. You may want first to consult your distribution (Kubuntu) and if this behavior is confirmed, open a bug on bugs.kde.org. Thanks for the quick response. Does it mean KPackageKit is distributed by Kubuntu as part of their KDE package? I will ask them on the Kubuntu forum. Kubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) 64-bit / KDE 4.8.1 Work: Dell Precision T5500 (Xeon E5506 @ 2.13 GHz x 2 / 12GB RAM) Home: Panasonic Toughbook W8 (Core 2 Duo @ 1.20 GHz / 4GB RAM)
einar Administrator Posts 3402 Karma 7 OS	Re: Frequency of Software Update Notifier Sat Mar 26, 2011 10:10 pm daihard wrote:Does it mean KPackageKit is distributed by Kubuntu as part of their KDE package? More or less yes (not only Kubuntu, but openSUSE from 11.4 onwards), although KPackageKit is developed inside KDE's infrastructure (but not part of the main modules, as I said). That said, the Kubuntu people are the first who deployed it in the distro so they might have a better clue. "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." Plasma FAQ maintainer - Plasma programming with Python
claydoh Registered Member Posts 1170 Karma 9 OS	Re: Frequency of Software Update Notifier Sat Mar 26, 2011 10:22 pm Try going into the "edit origins" section, where you manage repositories. In the Updates tab, you will see some update options as well. These iirc are specific to apt/ubuntu so these should work. Ideally, they probably should have removed those update options from the stock KPAckageKit UI you see up front, or somehow make them point to the apt-specific options claydoh, proud to be a member of KDE forums since 2008-Oct, and KDE user since 2001
daihard Registered Member Posts 72 Karma 0 OS	Re: Frequency of Software Update Notifier Thu Mar 31, 2011 5:50 pm claydoh wrote:Try going into the "edit origins" section, where you manage repositories. In the Updates tab, you will see some update options as well. These iirc are specific to apt/ubuntu so these should work. Ideally, they probably should have removed those update options from the stock KPAckageKit UI you see up front, or somehow make them point to the apt-specific options Thanks, that did the trick! It sure is a confusing UI. Kubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) 64-bit / KDE 4.8.1 Work: Dell Precision T5500 (Xeon E5506 @ 2.13 GHz x 2 / 12GB RAM) Home: Panasonic Toughbook W8 (Core 2 Duo @ 1.20 GHz / 4GB RAM)