[opensuse] What the hell does zypper
Hello, Since I installed 10.3, I notice an awfull lot of disc activities during the, say, five minutes following boot. I've suspected beagle,but if I run top I see that the culprit seems to be "zypper". I can't figure out what it's doing, but it's eating up to 97% of my CPU time at moments. I've done some search, but I am not sure if I could reduce zypper's activity, or simply remove it? Seems to be used by Yast2 for package management, but can Yast2 do without? Thierry -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Thierry de Coulon wrote:
Hello,
Since I installed 10.3, I notice an awfull lot of disc activities during the, say, five minutes following boot. I've suspected beagle,but if I run top I see that the culprit seems to be "zypper". I can't figure out what it's doing, but it's eating up to 97% of my CPU time at moments.
I've done some search, but I am not sure if I could reduce zypper's activity, or simply remove it? Seems to be used by Yast2 for package management, but can Yast2 do without?
Every time you log in and start a desktop session, zypper checks for updates. That should finish fairly soon, it only checks at startup. Joe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
libzyp is the backend for zypper and software updates. When you boot your computer, your computer is checking for any updates. I'd want this kept on so I can be aware of any security notices. Yours may be slower because of the number of repositories you have enabled that zypper searches for updates. On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 20:20 +0100, Thierry de Coulon wrote:
Hello,
Since I installed 10.3, I notice an awfull lot of disc activities during the, say, five minutes following boot. I've suspected beagle,but if I run top I see that the culprit seems to be "zypper". I can't figure out what it's doing, but it's eating up to 97% of my CPU time at moments.
I've done some search, but I am not sure if I could reduce zypper's activity, or simply remove it? Seems to be used by Yast2 for package management, but can Yast2 do without?
Thierry
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On Mon 21 January 08 13:43, Bryen wrote: <snip> Please don't top-post. -- "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." Benjamin Franklin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 20:04 -0600, JB2 wrote:
On Mon 21 January 08 13:43, Bryen wrote:
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Please don't top-post.
My apologies. I normally don't top-post as you can see evidence from my previous postings. But, as mentioned in a different thread, I had just been finished writing a slew of posts to several blind-user mailing lists where top-posting is the preferred method. Then immediately afterwards, I posted here to this topic. My mind hadn't unjarred yet to the fact that at the moment, I wasn't those lists. Gets to be tricky at times changing my methods on one list versus another. Again, my apologies for this momentary lapse. ---Bryen--- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Monday 2008-01-21 at 20:20 +0100, Thierry de Coulon wrote:
I've done some search, but I am not sure if I could reduce zypper's activity, or simply remove it? Seems to be used by Yast2 for package management, but can Yast2 do without?
It's an applet somewhere on your taskbar, and of course you can dissable it - but then remember to manually check for updates using Yast instead. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHlPkKtTMYHG2NR9URAgUhAJ9z+t9lcLwyueZphxiwAQJz2mtQ4QCgg83e DyAnRq+zy5H1SQAccKtxnKU= =UoTt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Thierry de Coulon wrote:
Hello,
Since I installed 10.3, I notice an awfull lot of disc activities during the, say, five minutes following boot. I've suspected beagle,but if I run top I see that the culprit seems to be "zypper". I can't figure out what it's doing, but it's eating up to 97% of my CPU time at moments.
I've done some search, but I am not sure if I could reduce zypper's activity, or simply remove it? Seems to be used by Yast2 for package management, but can Yast2 do without?
Thierry
(Re: post from Yesterday) Modifying this behavior is simple. Just right-click opensuseupdater in the sys tray, choose quit and then click "do not start on login" (or something similar). This will disable online update from running every time you login and stop the automaitc refresh of all repositories. This is no big deal, I run that way. Just remember you must manually do the yast->online update once in a while. Depending on whether you use Beagle search index, you will also want to either (1) disable Beagle in control center, or (2) remove it completely with "rpm -e $(rpm -qa | grep beagle) kerry" from the command line as root. After making those two modifications, you will not experience any more slowdown during the first 5-10 minutes after login. Online update and beagle are the problems. For online update the solution is to configure yast->software->configure online update. You can set online update to run weekly/monthly, etc. That way you can still stay current on updates without it running on every login. -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Tuesday 2008-01-22 at 07:53 -0600, David C. Rankin wrote: ...
After making those two modifications, you will not experience any more slowdown during the first 5-10 minutes after login. Online update and beagle are the problems.
Ha! You forget 'locate' and 'updatedb', and a bunch of other cron fired activities :-p - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHlhaEtTMYHG2NR9URAi2LAJ943Cv3bePhXa6H0mPIsXdy9wF21wCgh41z O4jQ3L7pIMSIHbk/znsRPso= =8n1s -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Carlos E. R. wrote:
The Tuesday 2008-01-22 at 07:53 -0600, David C. Rankin wrote:
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After making those two modifications, you will not experience any more slowdown during the first 5-10 minutes after login. Online update and beagle are the problems.
Ha! You forget 'locate' and 'updatedb', and a bunch of other cron fired activities :-p
-- Cheers, Carlos E. R.
Hell, if that's all I have forgotten in the past two days, I'm doing good :-) -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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