Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2778 mails)

[Andreas Jaeger <aj@xxxxxxx>]

"Larry Stotler" <larrystotler@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 1:59 AM, Andreas Jaeger <aj@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > 3.  System complained that boot loader installation failed.  When I
> > > tried to correct it, and then had to hit the back button, it finished
> > > and rebooted.  Which leads to the next:
> >
> > Please file a bugreport in our bugzilla (see also bugs.opensuse.org)
>
> Ok, on re-installation it went fine with the GUI and I left zypper in.
>  Also, the GUI YaST came up ok.  Is zypper really a full requirement
> now?(evidently removing it keeps a lot of stuff from
> working.....*sigh* I hope it doesn't slow my system down.  A P3/500
> isn't the fastest.)

zypper is a requirement - and nothing like zmd.  It's really fast and
memory efficient:
http://lizards.opensuse.org/2008/05/15/speed-and-memory-usage-of-zypp-in-110-rocks/

On your system I would use "zypper up" instead of yast for updating
software.

> Also, when I selected the repositories I wanted, the KDE and Mozilla
> repos failed.  And is it necessary to have all those prompts to say
> yes to the PGP keys?  Why not one dialog with a list of all of the
> keys at one time?  That was kinda annoying to have to wait and select
> each one.

File an enhancement request for that.

> Now it says:
>
> Error:  The metadata cache needs to be rebuilt for the 'Main
> Repository (Non-OSS)' repository.  You can run 'zypper refresh' as
> root to do this.
> The metadata cache needs to be rebuilt for the 'Main Repository (OSS)'
> repository. You can run 'zypper refresh' as root to do this.
> Error building the cache database: Can't provide /media.1/media :
> Can't create /media.1
> Error building the cache database: Can't provide /media.1/media :
> Can't create /media.1
> Repository 'Updates for 11.0' is invalid.  Can;t provide
> /repodata/repomd.xml.asc : Can't create /repodata Please check if the
> URls defined for this repository are pointing to a valid repository.
> Problem loading data from 'Updates for 11.0' Resolvables from 'Updates
> for 11.0' not loaded because of error.
>
> I ran zypper refresh(which would be a bad thing for a new user to deal
> with) and then selected "check now".
>
> The updater now gave all the above errors in separate dialog boxes.
>
> Are the repositories working?

I don't know what went wrong here - better file a bugreport,

Andreas
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