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[Patrick Dupre]

On Thu, 22 Jan 2009, Nifty Fedora Mitch wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 02:47:30AM +0000, Patrick Dupre wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> What is the service/daemon with make that rpm db is regularly locked ?
>> Thank
>>
>
> You should see the process id of the locker.  Do a "ps -efl | grep PID"
> to be sure.   I suspect you will find that gnome starts "gpk-update-icon"
> and friends on a schedule.
Yes, how can I avoid it ?
I do not see it in the list of services !

>
> See "system --> preferences --> system --> Software Updates.
>
> Look for the check for updates timer.
>
>
>

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