Forgot again. :-( jp -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [SLE] Can't update beyond the basic stuff (can't even do that, now) Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 20:11:01 -0400 From: John E. Perry <j.e.perry@cox.net> To: Marcus Meissner <meissner@suse.de> References: <44AC8923.4070903@cox.net> <20060706052817.GA21847@suse.de> <44AD4439.7030107@cox.net> <20060706215748.GA27883@suse.de> Marcus Meissner wrote:
On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 01:11:21PM -0400, John E. Perry wrote:
... However, now, when I click on "online update", it check for available updates, then quits silently. It never gives me a chance to select anything for update, even though there were hundreds of packages with blue checkmarks, but later versions available when I ran the program before.
Then these all are already installed!
Only the ones with "black" ticks are not installed yet.
I knew that they were installed; what I don't understand is why it won't allow me to update anything any more, even though all these packages were listed as having later versions available before the libzypp update. When I moused over the packages before, a popup window listed the installed version along with any later version available. When I updated libzypp, _all_ the software management packages stopped working, as far as I can see. I can't even change installation sources any more!
Also, when I click on "online update configure" or "...setup", neither program runs at all -- I get a quick blip as if it were starting up, then nothing.
Finally, "software management" comes up refreshing (or whatever it's doing for many seconds during startup), then quits silently.
So,the Zen updater says there are no software updates, and refuses to do anything else; the software management just quits; and online update doesn't run.
Zen Updater is likely right.
I thought that was the case: i remembered seeing the complaints about the updater simply quitting quietly (HORRID UI design!), which is why I tried to use the others to check things out.
You can check if for instance acroread is new: rpm -q acroread if it is 7.0.8 then this update up to monday are installed fine.
In fact, acroread is up to date; that happened earlier in the week before I started trying to get beyond the security updates (which have always worked fine). What I don't know is how to tell what the current version is, so I can tell whether to update a particular package or not. jp -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com