On Friday 01 May 2009 04:04:38 am Stan Goodman wrote: ...
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/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org