Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2008 mails)

[Stan Goodman <stan.goodman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 05:46:59 on Thursday Thursday 30 April 2009, "Rajko M." 
<rmatov101@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wednesday 29 April 2009 05:28:29 am Stan Goodman wrote:
> > At 22:09:20 on Monday Monday 27 April 2009, "Rajko M."
> > <rmatov101@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > I have finished installing openSuSE v11.1, after using dd to clone
> > the /home partition from the v10.3 installation. All went well, and
> > the result looks and feels like the original. I had only to configure
> > the network, and have received and sent email messages and used the
> > browser.
> >
> > What doesn't work is the automatic update facility. When I click on
> > the orange triangle that tells me I have upgrades, I get an error
> > message as follows:
> >
> > *****
> > PackageKit Error no-network. Cannot refresh cache whilst offline.
> > *****
> >
> > "Whilst"?
> >
> > But I am not ofline. What prevents this facility from working?
>
> Network settings?
>
> Run YOU (YaST Online Update) manually from YaST control center.

I did as follows: In YaST > Software > Online Update, I 
selected "yast2-network", and that ran. I didn't see that it provided any 
results of interest.

> I would go and check can I browse:
>   http://download.opensuse.org/
> specially
>   http://download.opensuse.org/update

I can load both these URLs and navigate the sites. I assume that is what 
you are asking.

> If still nothing can be deducted disable all online repositories, drop
> DVD in the drive, install Wireshark, run it and then try to update.
> Output is verbose, but there is no chance not to find out what is going
> wrong.

I have disabled all the repositories and installed Wireshark. I then 
called it to bring up its UI, but did nothing within it, because I am not 
clear what I should do. With the program running, I clicked on the 
updates icon (which has changed since yesterday from being an orange 
triangle to being a dark square with a white downward-pointing arrow in 
its center). This brings up a dialog box telling me that I have two 
optional updates waiting (only two?); it has the expected "Install" 
button for confirmation, but it is greyed out, so there is nothing to 
click. Meantime,  nothing has happened either in the Wireshark window or 
in the terminal from which I called it.

-- 
Stan Goodman
Qiryat Tiv'on
Israel
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