I installed yast2-online-update-configuration and configured it via (what else) yast and then for good measure i rebooted, i have done this on 3 pc’s and none of them are doing unattended updates. The/any update is always waiting there in the tray for me to click on and say “Install Updates” just like it did before I installed yast2-online-update-configuration.
What update interval did you select when configuring? Do you see the associated script in /etc/cron.daily, /etc/cron/weekly/, or /etc/cron.monthly (applicable to your chosen update interval)?
The only potential conflict I see here is if the desktop packagekit-based updater (which I don’t use) gets in the way sometimes.
Review the settings you made according to this guide…
So, there are 2 updaters? Which one is accessed via the system tray in kde? Maybe i need to remove one of them if there are 2. Are they both capable of unattended updates?
in the yast online cfg app i had selected daily just like i did by right clicking the Gear in software updates.
# ls -l /etc/cron.daily/
total 36
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 778 Jul 2 09:43 mdadm
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2123 Aug 21 2015 mlocate.cron
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Nov 25 15:27 opensuse.org-online_update -> /usr/lib/YaST2/bin/online_update
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1414 May 17 2017 packagekit-background.cron
-rwxr--r-- 1 root root 948 Jul 7 11:27 suse-clean_catman
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1879 Jul 7 09:58 suse.de-backup-rc.config
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2059 Sep 11 2014 suse.de-backup-rpmdb
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 566 Sep 11 2014 suse.de-check-battery
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 371 Sep 11 2014 suse.de-cron-local
-rwxr--r-- 1 root root 1693 Jul 7 11:27 suse-do_mandb
Thanks, i had already found that doc.
The KDE desktop updater uses the PackageKit backend (and many around here disable it). To do so, right-click on the system tray > System Tray Settings > Uncheck ‘Software Updates’. Then it won’t conflict with YOU.
Are they both capable of unattended updates?
I don’t use it, but AFAIU only the check interval can be adjusted, and the user needs to be logged in of course.
This relates to YOU…
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Nov 25 15:27 opensuse.org-online_update -> /usr/lib/YaST2/bin/online_update
This relates to your desktop updater…
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1414 May 17 2017 packagekit-background.cron