a netinstall using 24 May's -factory boot.iso goes smoothly. after system boot, uname -a Linux server 2.6.25.4-2-default #1 SMP 2008-05-16 20:46:39 +0200 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux a check of zypper -vv update with zypper repos # | Alias | Name | Enabled | Refresh --+-----------------------+---------------------------+---------+-------- 1 | factory-non-oss | Main Repository (NON-OSS) | Yes | Yes 2 | factory | Main Repository (OSS) | Yes | Yes 3 | factory-debug | Main Repository (Debug) | No | No 4 | openSUSE-FACTORY 11.0 | openSUSE-FACTORY 11.0 | No | No 5 | updates | Updates for 11.0 | Yes | Yes starts by retrieving repo media correctly, then loops @ ~ 100% cpu Verbosity: 2 Initializing Target Checking whether to refresh metadata for Main Repository (NON-OSS) Downloading: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-Factory-non-oss/inst-source-ext... [done] Downloading: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-Factory-non-oss/inst-source-ext... [done] Downloading: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-Factory-non-oss/inst-source-ext... [done] Downloading: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-Factory-non-oss/inst-source-ext... [done] Downloading: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-Factory-non-oss/inst-source-ext... [done] Downloading: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-Factory-non-oss/inst-source-ext... [done] Downloading: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-Factory-non-oss/inst-source-ext... [done] Downloading: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-Factory-non-oss/inst-source-ext... [done] Downloading: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-Factory-non-oss/inst-source-ext... [done] Downloading: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-Factory-non-oss/inst-source-ext... [done] Downloading: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-Factory-non-oss/inst-source-ext... [done] Downloading repository 'Main Repository (NON-OSS)' metadata [done] Building repository 'Main Repository (NON-OSS)' cache [done] Checking whether to refresh metadata for Main Repository (OSS) Downloading: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-OSS-factory/inst-source/content [done] Downloading: http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-OSS-factory/inst-source/media.1... [done] Checking whether to refresh metadata for Updates for 11.0 Downloading: http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.0/repodata/repomd.xml [done] Reading installed packages... where, checking @ console, top shows zypper still grabbing ~ 100% cpu after 46 mins ... top - 09:16:00 up 38 min, 2 users, load average: 0.99, 0.81, 0.67 Tasks: 81 total, 4 running, 77 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie Cpu(s): 27.4%us, 22.8%sy, 0.0%ni, 49.8%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st Mem: 8133060k total, 4207828k used, 3925232k free, 11396k buffers Swap: 524280k total, 0k used, 524280k free, 3997392k cached PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 3191 root 20 0 105m 21m 7016 R 96 0.3 46:23.18 zypper ... trying again with, zypper ref -f All repositories have been refreshed. zypper -vv update makes no difference -- still loops endlessly. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: zypp-devel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: zypp-devel+help@opensuse.org