When zypper is downloading upgrades in YaST2 (Online Update), a loss of connection to the internet can occur or some other hiccup where zypper either cannot connect to the URL or it cannot get the filename to download. When this occurs zypper sits around for seems like an eternity doing nothing and then announces that an error occurred; it expects a click of the mouse on the OK button after which another window comes up giving you the chance to Retry etc. In 99+% of cases simply clicking on Retry get zypper to get on with the job. This sitting around doing nothing is a PITA for 'hours' - and there is nothing that one can do except to wait until zypper decides to advise you that an error occurred. The ABORT button does not work so one just sits and waits. (Of course, there is always the drastic step of CTRL-ALT-ESC to exit zypper.) Somewhere there must be timer setting which controls how long zypper keeps trying to resume its task. Does anyone know where this setting is located so that the user can set the timeout period. Nothing I can see in zypper help and nothing shows up in /etc/zypp. Can anyone provide an answer, please? Ciao. -- Once, in the wilds of Afghanistan, I lost my corkscrew and we were forced to live on nothing but food and water for days. W C Fields. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org