Description of problem: The gpk-update-icon is present, even though: a) I don't see the icon b) I don't need front-end elements of PackageKit dangling about (I can believe that we may need packagekitd, although even that is rather doubtful). Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): PackageKit-0.2.3-4.20080618.fc10 How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. Log in 2. Run ps 3. Observe 7MB RSS wasted (and it pulls quite a number of libraries too) Actual results: Wasted memory Expected results: No unnecessary gpk-update-icon process Additional info: How hard can it be to launch UI components as needed? This is what we have menus for.
Sure, gpk-update-icon is resposible for checking for updates according to the user policy, handling any errors and is also responsible for watching certain files created by udev so we can prompt for firmware installation. Most users don't remember to run "yum update" on a daily occurance. If you really want to get rid of the GUI part, just go to Preferences->Personal->Sessions and uncheck PackageKit Update Applet. Hope that helps. Richard.