yumex won't skip checking for updates

[Erik P. Olsen]

On 07/07/14 22:11, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>
> 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'.
>
>
I have nothing else changed from the default. I just want to start yumex without 
autocheck because I often use it to check availability of certain packages and 
don't want to wait for yumex to check for updates which sometimes takes an awful 
long time to no avail.

-- 
Erik