[maemo-users] Download of 10MB after internet connection

[From: Paul Hartman]

2010/11/11 João Olavo Baião de Vasconcelos <joaoolavo at gmail.com>:
> Hi there!
>
> Every time I connect my n900 to 3g, I notice through Personal Dataplan
> Monitor that it downloads almost 10 MB, even if I don't open browser or
> login into any messenger.
>
> I'm guessing that the it runs like a "apt-get update" to check new software
> updates.
>
> Does it happen with everyone? How to disable this repository check (without
> disabling the repositories)? Or is there any other issue?
>
> Thanks any advice!

You can change the auto-update interval:

http://wiki.maemo.org/Customizing_Maemo#Disabling_Auto_Updates_Check