yumex won't skip checking for updates

[Robert Moskowitz]

On 07/07/2014 03:51 PM, Erik P. Olsen wrote:
> On 07/07/14 21:13, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>
>> On 07/07/2014 02:59 PM, Erik P. Olsen wrote:
>>> On 07/07/14 20:28, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>>> In preferences I have unchecked 'autocheck for updates', but 
>>>> everytime I start
>>>> yumex, it checks for updates.  Then I have to click on 'Available' 
>>>> and wait
>>>> again as it does its think before I get the list of all apps so I 
>>>> can search for
>>>> whatever I am looking for.  Quite a rather unpleasant experience.
>>>>
>>>> So how do I set yumex to skip checking for updates and just go to 
>>>> what is
>>>> available?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Sorry. Didn't see that you already have unchecked. Don't know what 
>>> to suggest.
>>> It works for me.
>>>
>> It has never worked for me.  Or maybe it did in the early days of 
>> yumex, but
>> definitely not F20 or F18.  Just got really frustrated with it this 
>> time.
>>
>> Yes I **KNOW** I have updates to apply.  I will get to it and I am 
>> perfectly
>> capable of running 'yum update' from a command line.  I use yumex 
>> when I am
>> looking for something, like recently about what might be available as an
>> amplifier program.
>>
>>
> I run F20 on both my machines and have unchecked "Autocheck for 
> updates" on one of them. It is reflected into 
> ~/.config/yumex/yumex.conf as autorefresh = 0. There is also a 
> /etc/yumex.conf which is the default settings. It has autorefresh = 1. 
> Try and check how your settings are.
>
OK, now we are getting somewhere.  my ./config/yumex/yumex.conf has 
autorefresh=1 even though the GUI preferences has "Autocheck for 
updates" unchecked.  Curious and curiouser.  WHat else do you have 
checked?  I have "Load packages on launch" and "show newest only is 
active by defaut'.