> > On Tuesday 18 August 2009 14:06:34 Steven M. Parrish wrote: > > > I am working on tracking down what is causing KPackagekit to change its > > > default behavior. We have the defaults set to Daily/None but somehow > > > they are getting changed to Hourly/Security. Based on what I am seeing > > > on my own boxes it appears to be changing when kpackagekit crashes for > > > whatever reason. > > > > > > This is what I need to help track it down. If kpackagekit crashes by > > > itself or if you have to abort it please do the following. > > > > > > cat ~/.kde/share/config/KPackageKit > > > > > > make sure that the first 3 lines read as follows. > > > (Assumes you have Daily/None) > > > > > > [CheckUpdate] > > > autoUpdate=0 > > > interval=86400 > > > > > > If it does not match please do > > > > > > stat ~/.kde/share/config/KPackageKit > > > > > > note the time the file was last modified and see if that coincides with > > > the crash of kpackagekit. > > > > > > reply to this post with your observations. > > > > I've been watching this with interest. I've never had any problems with > > KPackageKit, but my ~/.kde/share/config/KPackageKit only has > > > > [CheckUpdate] > > interval=3600 > > > > I have noticed recently that I can update, then find new updates being > > notified quite soon afterwards. I think this is a recent change to > > behaviour. > > > > Anne > > My settings also misses the autoUpdate=0 line: > > [CheckUpdate] > interval=86400 > > Systemsettings -> Settings -> Automatically install is set to "none". > > I've had never any issues with KPackageKit on F11. But since I have an > update (VirtualBox) pending (can't install it because of a missing > dependency), KPackageKit 'eats' my computer memory and crashes a lot of > programs. This happened two times this week. (my computer runs 24/7). In > /var/log/messages I see 'Memory low' and 'Out of memory' messages. To > solve the problem, I've to kill the kpackagekit deamon. Btw. after killing > the deamon nothing is changed in the config file. > > Does anyone else have seen this? > > @Steven: I don't know if this issue is relevant for the issue you're trying > to track down? > > Martin Kho > _______________________________________________ > fedora-kde mailing list > fedora-kde at lists.fedoraproject.org > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fedora-kde > New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org Thanks Martin, everything is relevant while trying to track this down. When you see the Memory low error do me a favor a run top and see what app is hogging the resources. Thanks Steven ===================================================== Steven M. Parrish ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- gpg fingerprint: 4B6C 8357 059E B7ED 8095 0FD6 1F4B EDA0 A9A6 13C0 http://tuxbrewr.fedorapeople.org/ irc.freenode.net: SMParrish @ #fedora-kde, #fedora-devel, #fedora-olpc, #sugar
