Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1318 mails)

["Rajko M." <rmatov101@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday 01 May 2009 04:04:38 am Stan Goodman wrote:
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> No confusion. I restored them at once, and also added Packman.
>
> Attached ("NewSW.log") is the first log I made. After starting the
> capture, I clicked the new "black rectangle w/white down-arrow", which
> caused a dialog box telling me that new optional software is available,
> and asking to "Install"; but the Install button is greyed, and therefore
> ineffective.

Nothing much to see. 
Except that you probably need temporary fix for /etc/resolv.conf. 
Put in 
  nameserver 127.0.0.1 
 
Also disable IPv6 using YaST. 
It is useless for you, it just doubles name resolution queries, ie. slows down 
browsing. I remove it as soon as computer is on, system wide in YaST and then 
specially for Firefox (see some other tips http://en.opensuse.org/Firefox ). 

I'm wondering how long it will take for IPv6 to pick up and finally make a day 
to those that push it. It is good idea that many years after introduction is 
just another layer of frustration for Internet users.

> I note that this notice was for one single optional file, whereas past
> notices were for two, showing me that failed upgrades are being lost to
> me, not merely deferred.

It is probably software management related, and masks other. 
Again, use YOU, install that update first. 

While updater applet is nice to have, I can't recall that it survives long in 
my tray. Recently I let it live, and more or less it works, but first few 
months it was most of the time off. YOU is the law. Stick with it and live 
happy. 

Second, update repo has priority 20, while any other is 99 (default) which is 
not good for people that want to use extra repositories, including Packman. 

High priority is masking other repos, which is good if you don't have any 
extra repos, but in particular case it often leads to strange effects. Change 
update priority to be the same as other. If you don't play with priorities, 
then it would mean to 99 (default). 

> The second attachment ("YaSTSW.log") is for an attempt to reinstall XMMS
> with YaST (which is why I added the Packman repository). YaST went
> through its usual stages, telling me what it was going to install, etc,
> and crashed only at the end. 

YaST in 11.1 has new behavior. It disappears as soon as it is done. 
There is feature request to change that, so that user doesn't need to start it 
for each package, and to give few words what happened.  

> YaST now tells me that XMMS is installed,
> but I think that is incorrect, as calling XMMS from a CLI does nothing.
> But the apparent failure has restored the XMMS icon that I kept on a
> second panel on my screen.

I guess when you fix repository priority, restart YaST Software Management, 
and force XMMS update it should work. 

> I hope I have done properly what you asked, and have supplied some hints
> for going further.

Not much to see. 
There is a lot of activity around interface binding. 
I don't have it here, nor I know much about, so I can't say is it normal to 
see every 2 seconds something about binding. 

> No-flame disclaimer: I've seen some complaints on the forum deploring the
> use of attachments here. The two files I have attached are not text
> files; I see no way to convey them other than as attachments.

Both are < 56kB, so I can't see a problem. 
For bigger files, you can make tar.gz and upload on your server in some 
obscure directory and then post the link. 

-- 
Regards, Rajko
http://news.opensuse.org/category/people-of-opensuse/

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