Turn off auto updates - 2006 [solved]

[rogerh]

Hello,

 

Can someone please provide a list of actions I need to take to disable all auto updates on my Mandriva 2006?? I still am on modem, and part through a session some download starts which completely disables my session. The packet profile looks like a typical download, with most everything coming in - if it were going out, I would be a lot more worried. I only have the disks on my media manager, and those have the update boxes unclicked. Not sure what actions I need to take to disable the updates, but this is a real problem for me.

 

Any recommendations appreciated

 

Regards -- Roger

[ianw1974]

Check for an applet by the clock, this is what would auto-update in the background. Otherwise, it doesn't do anything automatically.

[rogerh]

Hi,

 

Running KDE and on one side of the clock there is a 'hide panel' and on the other is the Korganizer alarm demon, screen resize, a questionmark in an orange circle that says that 'service is not configured', network up/down icon and the volume. Not sure where the update applet by the clock is?? What should I be looking for?

 

 

Thanks and regards -- Roger

[tyme]

orange circle that says that 'service is not configured'

This is the icon that would be doing the updates. If it states service not configured then it is not automatically getting updates. There is another culprit here...

 

next time you experience load open a terminal/konsole and run:

netstat

and post the output, please.

[rogerh]

Yikes, this sounds like it might be something unpleasant...... now I would have been happy with updates : )

 

Can I just write down the result of netstat, or do I need to do a screenshot?? If so, can you provide info on how to do that in console (and where will it go such that I can retrieve it....). Yep, can barely turn on the system....

 

Thanks -- Roger

 

PS - given recent behavior, it won't be long before I have an opportunity to run netstat

[tyme]

netstat is going to have a lot of output...not something easily written down.

 

i'm not sure how to take a screenshot in console... :unsure:

[ianw1974]

Yes, sorry I forget what the update app looks like, it's that orange questionmark.

[rogerh]

Ok, well it happened again (no surprise). I closed the browser and the 'download' was still happening. I opened console, logged into su, and typed in 'netstat'. No log came up, but just a message something like 'foreign user'. I tried 'run netstat' but no result.

 

Can anyone clarify what I need to do differently to get a useful log, or what action I need to take. At this time, I am thinking I need to save personal files on dvd and reload 2006. I am concerned, though, that I will end up in the same situation in the near future.

 

Any suggestions appreciated. I am concerned that I have a virus or some such infliction.

 

Regards -- Roger

[rogerh]

Hello,

 

I did copy some of the information out of netstat - if someone can tell me how to do a screenshot in console then I can get the whole content here. Browsers and all windows were closed when I ran netstat. Some of the streams had no path data (which is why they are blank below....)

 

this is the info with type=stream. No 'flags' were checked....

 

Inode Path

 

54522 /tmp/.ice-unix/dcop3851-1165503244

 

54521

 

54516 /tmp/.ice-unix/3878

 

54515

 

?? /tmp/.x11-unix/xo

 

54520

 

27264 /tmp/ice-unix/dcop3851-1165503244

 

this repeats a bit, and then some others

 

14354 /home/roger/tmp/ksocket-roger/klauncherc81wa.slave-socket

 

10413 /tmp/mcop-roger/localhost-of21-45782b16

 

10354 @/tmp/fam-roger-

 

9631 /var/run/dbus/system-dbus_socket

 

9624 /home/roger/tmp/orbit-roger/linc-ef4-0-10fdf5678d0a1

 

8752 /tmp/.x11-unix/xo

 

 

 

Hope this allows someone here to get some idea of what is going on with my system and what I can do to put an end to it. Please let me know if more info is required and what it would be.

 

Thanks -- Roger

[riseringseeker]

Hello,

 

I did copy some of the information out of netstat - if someone can tell me how to do a screenshot in console then I can get the whole content here.

Thanks -- Roger

 

No need for a screenshot, just try this:

 

# netstat > /home/<your_user_name>/netstat_output

 

Then it will just be a text file named netstat_output in your home directory.

[ianw1974]

You can also filter out the streams, and just do:

 

netstat -tuan

 

which will give tcp/udp and remove the names on each service, giving us the ip and port numbers instead. And can use the pipe command as above to redirect to a file instead to then later post here.

[rogerh]

Hello,

 

Here is the netstat -tuan. Hopefully it provides a clue as to what is going on. Browers were closed when I ran netstat - seems that the ebay autos page I was looking at prior to the auto download was still active??

 

Regards -- Roger

 

 

 

Active Internet connections (w/o servers)

Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State

tcp 0 0 0-1pool117-202.nas68.:37985 srv.ebaymotors.ebayrtm:http TIME_WAIT

tcp 0 0 0-1pool117-202.nas68.:58740 128.121.60.235:http ESTABLISHED

Active UNIX domain sockets (w/o servers)

Proto RefCnt Flags Type State I-Node Path

unix 2 [ ] DGRAM 1239 @/org/kernel/udev/udevd

unix 2 [ ] DGRAM 7512 @/var/run/hal/hotplug_socket

unix 10 [ ] DGRAM 6345 /dev/log

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 14694 /home/roger/tmp/ksocket-roger/klaunchernrpFBb.slave-socket

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 14692

unix 2 [ ] DGRAM 13007

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 11209 /tmp/.ICE-unix/dcop3852-1165655764

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 11208

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 11185 /tmp/.ICE-unix/3880

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 11184

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 11181 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 11180

unix 3 [ ] DGRAM 11179

unix 3 [ ] DGRAM 11178

unix 2 [ ] DGRAM 10871

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10399 /tmp/mcop-roger/localhost-0f23-457a7ede

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10398

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10375 /tmp/.ICE-unix/3880

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10374

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10332 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10331

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10328 /tmp/.ICE-unix/dcop3852-1165655764

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10327

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10315 @/tmp/fam-roger-

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10314

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10299 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10298

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10277 /tmp/.ICE-unix/3880

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10276

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10237 /tmp/.ICE-unix/3880

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10236

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10229 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10228

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10227 /tmp/.ICE-unix/dcop3852-1165655764

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10226

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10211 /tmp/.ICE-unix/3880

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10210

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10207 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10206

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10203 /tmp/.ICE-unix/dcop3852-1165655764

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10202

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10190 @/tmp/fam-roger-

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10189

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10178 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10177

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10176 /tmp/.ICE-unix/dcop3852-1165655764

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10175

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10163 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10162

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10109 /tmp/.ICE-unix/3880

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10108

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10096 @/tmp/fam-roger-

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10095

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10094 /tmp/mcop-roger/localhost-0f23-457a7ede

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10093

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10089 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10088

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10087 /tmp/.ICE-unix/dcop3852-1165655764

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10086

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10058 /tmp/.ICE-unix/3880

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10057

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10046 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10045

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10044 /tmp/.ICE-unix/dcop3852-1165655764

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10043

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10020 /tmp/.ICE-unix/3880

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10019

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10018 /tmp/.ICE-unix/dcop3852-1165655764

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 10017

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9999 /tmp/.ICE-unix/3880

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9998

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9995 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9994

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9986 /tmp/.ICE-unix/dcop3852-1165655764

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9985

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9956 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9955

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9916 /home/roger/tmp/ksocket-roger/kdeinit__0

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9915

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9912 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9911

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9910 /tmp/.ICE-unix/dcop3852-1165655764

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9909

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9899 /tmp/.ICE-unix/dcop3852-1165655764

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9898

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9829 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9828

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9773 @/tmp/fam-roger-

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9769

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9728 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9727

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9726 /tmp/.ICE-unix/dcop3852-1165655764

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9725

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9694 /var/run/dbus/system_dbus_socket

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9693

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9658 /tmp/.ICE-unix/dcop3852-1165655764

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9657

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9647

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9646

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9645 /home/roger/tmp/orbit-roger/linc-ef7-0-4826773a8c82a

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9644

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9643 /home/roger/tmp/orbit-roger/linc-f0e-0-21a943906c9dd

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9640

unix 2 [ ] DGRAM 9607

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9568 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9567

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9520 /var/run/dbus/system_dbus_socket

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9519

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9435 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9434

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9431 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9430

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9391 /var/run/dbus/system_dbus_socket

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9390

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9389 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 9388

unix 2 [ ] DGRAM 9371

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 8745 /tmp/.font-unix/fs-1

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 8744

unix 2 [ ] DGRAM 8735

unix 2 [ ] DGRAM 8561

unix 2 [ ] STREAM 8274

unix 8 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 8752 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 8264

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 7511 /var/run/dbus/system_dbus_socket

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 7510

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 7423

unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 7422

unix 2 [ ] DGRAM 7401

unix 2 [ ] DGRAM 6358

[tyme]

Web page connections will sometimes stay active for a short bit after you close the window:

When you close a socket, the server goes into a TIME_WAIT state, just to be really really sure that all the data has gone through.

Looks like you were also visiting http://www.cpan.org/?

That's what this one is:

tcp 0 0 0-1pool117-202.nas68.:58740 128.121.60.235:http ESTABLISHED

Doesn't appear to be anything suspicious that would be causing your connection to go slow...

[rogerh]

Hi,

 

I actually don't know anything about 'cpan.org'. I put in the address below the ebay one that says 'established' (128.121.60.235) and it seems to come up as 'ClamAV', which I gather is a linux antivirus program. When I tried to open it up, it indicated that the auto-update feature was off, but then the whole ClamAV program locked up. I have not put any of the updates on ClamAV, and I wonder if it is busted and updating itself.

 

Can I just delete ClamAV, or does it play some useful function on my system? I guess my options are update or delete??

 

Thanks -- Roger

[tyme]

I would remove clamav and see if that resolves the issue. ClamAV can be useful if you are sharing a lot of files to Windows users and are concerned that you might pass on a virus, however, there are a grand total of 3 known viruses for Linux (IIRC) and none of them are really relevant anymore - so you won't be at risk removing it.

 

(I don't even run a virus scanner in Linux :D)