On 2022-03-02 09:05:50 Carlos E. R. wrote:
|On 2022-03-02 15:54, Larry Len Rainey wrote: |> I tried to send this to opensuse support but I got rejected - probably |> the wrong place again - so excuse me. | |Use plain text mail. | |> -------- Forwarded Message -------- |> Subject: |> Date: |> From: |> To: opensuse support
|> |> |> |> From journalctl - I see packagekit running every 10 minutes. |> When I attempt a zypper up or zypper dup (tumbleweed), I get |> |> Code: |> |> Ask PackageKit to quit? [yes/no] (no): no |> System management is locked by the application with pid 17101 |> (/usr/lib/packagekitd). Close this application before trying again. |> |> which is annoying. |> How can I get packagekit to only run once an hour instead of 6 times an |> hour. |> I know it has to be started with packagekitd but no man page for |> packagekitd | |Telcontar:~ # rpm -qfl /usr/lib/packagekitd | grep usr/share/man |/usr/share/man/man1/pkcon.1.gz |/usr/share/man/man1/pkmon.1.gz |Telcontar:~ # | |> Code: |> |> VM1:/etc/systemd # man packagekitd |> No manual entry for packagekitd |> VM1:/etc/systemd # man packagekit |> No manual entry for packagekit |> VM1:/etc/systemd # |> |> Anyone know where - I see this as excessive bandwidth and rather |> wasteful as few if any of us look to see if an update is ready that |> often. |> |> This would reduce overhead on the repositories if they were queried |> fewer times an hour. | |Telcontar:~ # rpm -qfl /usr/lib/packagekitd | grep systemd |/usr/lib/systemd/system/packagekit-background.service |/usr/lib/systemd/system/packagekit-background.timer |/usr/lib/systemd/system/packagekit.service |Telcontar:~ # | | |Telcontar:~ # systemctl cat packagekit-background.timer |# /usr/lib/systemd/system/packagekit-background.timer |[Unit] |Description=Systemd timer to update the system daily with PackageKit | |[Timer] |OnCalendar=daily |AccuracySec=12h |Persistent=true |Unit=packagekit-background.service | |[Install] |WantedBy=timers.target |Telcontar:~ # | | |That's on Leap.
From what I read on the PackageKit website, it's mostly only useful for folks like Felix who administer multiple distros. I question why it seems to be installed by default. I removed it from my machine back in Leap 15.2. Leslie -- Platform: Linux Distribution: openSUSE Leap 15.3 x86_64 Desktop Environment: Trinity Qt: 3.5.0 TDE: R14.0.11 tde-config: 1.0