On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 11:45:35PM -0500, Bob S wrote: > Hello SuSE people, > > 1 Right after I boot up I see my modem flashing like crazy. Is that the > updater "calling home"? > > 2 After awhile I get a pop-up that it has new updates for me. I click > on > the icon to see what they are and it shows 3 updates. I say OK and the next > thing I know it is downloading many files. Much more than the three it said > it was going to get. Some I can see like kdebase3 (which it didn't tell me > about) and some go so fast I can't see what they are. What is going on? > > 3 Sometimes it tells me it wants to update programs I don't use like > Samba and don't have installed. Why?
The number of things it lists are "patches". They contain multiple packages to update. As for (3) it might be a samba library used by KDE or so. Ciao, Marcus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]