Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (842 mails)

["Putrycz, Erik" <Erik.Putrycz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Makes sense to me, if the battery is low or is depleting quickly then
updating your system may leave the computer on an unstable state.
I bet that zypper sucks seriously the battery (I/O + cpu).

Erik.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Stotler [mailto:larrystotler@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: May-25-08 12:45 PM
> To: opensuse-factory
> Subject: [opensuse-factory] Beta 3 shows won't update on Battery?
>
> Well, this is a new one.  I've got Beta3 installed on my Thinkpad
> 390X.  It's got a really long life battery.  It's currently at about
> 60% remaining.  When I restored the kde taskbar updater, I got this
> message:
>
> Unable to check whether updates are available.
>
> The system is on battery.  Please connect a power supply.
>
> Ok, why is this?  I'm  not "allowed" to update if I am running on
> battery?  Shouldn't that be MY choice???
>
> Thanx
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