FWIW - I just fired up the VM I just posted about, and now name resolution is working(currently switched back to wicked). Running "zypper up" it looks like the system understood that it's missing a number of packages and patterns, and is now offering to install/upgrade 113 packages. Running "zypper dup" returns the same. So, It seems this test machine is righting itself. Still, that logfile for the failed upgrade might contain something useful... And that old saying about "When your system isn't working, then just keep rebooting" seems to working for this machine... :) Because this machine's name resolution is working, I don't think running the netconfig command is going to be helpful here. Will do so if the machine acts up again. If it's helpful, perhaps to locate the timing when the upgrade failed I'm posting the current result of "zypper dup" to identify what didn't get upgraded zypper dup Warning: You are about to do a distribution upgrade with all enabled repositories. Make sure these repositories are compatible before you continue. See 'man zypper' for more information about this command. Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... Computing distribution upgrade... The following application is going to be installed: Falkon The following 75 NEW packages are going to be installed: falkon falkon-gnome-keyring falkon-lang gcc gcc7 glibc-devel gnome-keyring-32bit gnome-keyring-pam-32bit hplip-sane kernel-default-4.12.14-lp150.12.4.1 kernel-default-devel-4.12.14-lp150.12.4.1 kernel-devel-4.12.14-lp150.12.4.1 libasan4 libcilkrts5 libcrypto43 libcups2-32bit libdcerpc0-32bit libdcerpc-binding0-32bit libdns_sd libelf-devel libffi7-32bit libgmp10-32bit libgnutls30-32bit libhogweed4-32bit libidn2-0-32bit liblsan0 liblxqt0 libmpx2 libmpxwrappers2 libndr0-32bit libndr-krb5pac0-32bit libndr-nbt0-32bit libndr-standard0-32bit libnetapi0-32bit libnettle6-32bit libnss_nis2 libnss_nis2-32bit libopenmpt0 libp11-kit0-32bit libQt5Xdg3 libQt5XdgIconLoader3 libsamba-credentials0-32bit libsamba-hostconfig0-32bit libsamba-passdb0-32bit libsamba-util0-32bit libsamdb0-32bit libsmbconf0-32bit libsmbldap2-32bit libtasn1-6-32bit libubsan0 libunistring2-32bit libutf8proc2 libwbclient0-32bit lksctp-tools lxqt-session pavucontrol-qt-lang python2-certifi python2-chardet python2-libvirt-python python2-ndg-httpsclient python2-py python2-pycurl python2-pyOpenSSL python2-PySocks python2-requests python2-urllib3 samba-client-32bit samba-kdc-32bit samba-libs-32bit samba-winbind-32bit star-rmt terminfo-iterm terminfo-screen zlib-devel zypper-migration-plugin The following 2 applications are going to be REMOVED: "Firefox Web Browser" QupZilla The following 14 packages are going to be REMOVED: cups-libs-32bit libffi4 libgif6 libruby2_1-2_1 libvirt-python libvpx1 lxqt-common python-pycurl python-pyOpenSSL python-requests qupzilla qupzilla-gnome-keyring ruby2.1 ruby2.1-stdlib The following 113 packages are going to be upgraded: bind-utils bridge-utils compton-conf-lang fipscheck gd icewm-lite kernel-macros libadns1 libatomic1 libbind9-160 libdbus-1-3-32bit libdns169 libdvdnav4 libfipscheck1 libfm libfm4 libfm-extra4 libfm-gtk4 libfm-lang libfm-qt-lang libgmime-2_6-0 libImlib2-1 libirs160 libisc166 libisccc160 libisccfg160 libitm1 libldb1-32bit liblwres160 liblxqt-globalkeys0 liblxqt-globalkeys-ui0 liblxqt-lang libmenu-cache3 libncurses5 libopenssl1_0_0-32bit libpcre16-0 libpython2_7-1_0-32bit libqtermwidget5-0 libsamba-errors0-32bit libsnapper4 libsysstat-qt5-0 libsystemd0-32bit libtdb1-32bit libtevent-util0-32bit libtsan0 libxcb-xf86dri0 libXfont1 linuxconsoletools linux-glibc-devel lximage-qt-lang lxmenu-data lxqt-about-lang lxqt-admin-lang lxqt-config-lang lxqt-globalkeys-lang lxqt-l10n lxqt-notificationd-lang lxqt-openssh-askpass-lang lxqt-panel-lang lxqt-policykit-lang lxqt-powermanagement-lang lxqt-runner-lang lxqt-session-lang lxqt-sudo-lang man-pages menu-cache Mesa-libGLESv2-2 MozillaFirefox ntp obconf-qt-lang patterns-base-apparmor patterns-base-apparmor_opt patterns-base-base patterns-base-basesystem patterns-base-enhanced_base patterns-base-enhanced_base_opt patterns-base-minimal_base patterns-base-sw_management patterns-base-x11 patterns-base-x11_enhanced patterns-base-x11_opt pavucontrol-qt pcmanfm pcmanfm-lang pcmanfm-qt-lang psmisc psmisc-lang python3-bind qterminal qterminal-lang qtermwidget-qt5-data rollback-helper sharutils sharutils-lang snapper snapper-zypp-plugin star SUSEConnect systemd-logger tack terminfo timezone timezone-java virtualbox-guest-kmp-default virtualbox-guest-tools virtualbox-guest-x11 yast2-country yast2-country-data yast2-installation yast2-packager yast2-pkg-bindings yast2-storage-ng zsh The following 11 patterns are going to be upgraded: apparmor apparmor_opt base basesystem enhanced_base enhanced_base_opt minimal_base sw_management x11 x11_enhanced x11_opt The following 60 packages are going to be downgraded: avahi-autoipd color-filesystem cvs cvsps finger gnome-icon-theme gnome-icon-theme-extras gnome-icon-theme-symbolic google-opensans-fonts icc-profiles icc-profiles-basiccolor-lstarrgb icc-profiles-basiccolor-printing2009-coat2 icc-profiles-lcms-lab icc-profiles-mini icc-profiles-openicc-rgb intlfonts java-1_8_0-openjdk java-1_8_0-openjdk-headless ksh libaspell15 libaudiofile1 libavahi-client3-32bit libavahi-common3-32bit libfam0-gamin-32bit libgltf-0_1-1 libgssglue1 libmodplug1 libmozjs-17_0 libmuparser2_2_5 libobrender32 libobt2 libpisock9 libreadline6 libsmi libsmi2 libtalloc2-32bit libtevent0-32bit libtidyp-1_04-0 man-pages-posix master-boot-code metamail mlocate mlocate-lang mpt-status nss-mdns-32bit obconf openbox OpenPrintingPPDs procinfo procmail python-talloc-32bit python-urlgrabber setserial tcpdump telnet udhcp unoconv vlan xdm-xsession ypbind The following package is going to change architecture: sharutils-lang x86_64 -> noarch 113 packages to upgrade, 60 to downgrade, 75 new, 14 to remove, 1 to change arch. 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