> The GNOME story goes like this: when there are pending updates the > reboot / halt dialog contains a "install pending software updates" > checkbox, unchecked by default (as seen in attached screenshot).
So either the update were done despite an unchecked box, or something changed it to be checked. Besides, what causes the system to make those package downloads before? I may be behind a slow or expensive line and don't want any downloads performed at all. Michael -- Michael Meskes Michael at Fam-Meskes dot De, Michael at Meskes dot (De|Com|Net|Org) Meskes at (Debian|Postgresql) dot Org Jabber: michael.meskes at gmail dot com VfL Borussia! Força Barça! Go SF 49ers! Use Debian GNU/Linux, PostgreSQL
