Folks, I've just installed open 10.1 and am having a heap of problems with it. I tried installing the suse nvidia drivers and that's resulted in a blank screen each time, so I've gone to fail safe and changed the xorg.conf back to the original one. I try to update the packages and get dependency conflicts that I can't resolve (particularly patch:libzypp-1533-0.noarch) that I can't not install. Software Manager thinks it starts but nothing shows up on the screen... Very annoying as I really want my company to move away from Red Hat and Windows to SUSE, but not a really good demo at this stage. Any ideas anyone? Especially on the software manager. Because that's not working I had to install the nvidia drivers using rpm, so that may be the problem there I guess. Thanks. Peter. -- Use Computes?.... ...Think IT!
On Thursday 28 September 2006 18:06, Peter Nunn wrote:
Folks,
I've just installed open 10.1 and am having a heap of problems with it.
I tried installing the suse nvidia drivers and that's resulted in a blank screen each time, so I've gone to fail safe and changed the xorg.conf back to the original one.
I try to update the packages and get dependency conflicts that I can't resolve (particularly patch:libzypp-1533-0.noarch) that I can't not install.
Software Manager thinks it starts but nothing shows up on the screen...
Very annoying as I really want my company to move away from Red Hat and Windows to SUSE, but not a really good demo at this stage.
Any ideas anyone? Especially on the software manager. Because that's not working I had to install the nvidia drivers using rpm, so that may be the problem there I guess.
Yeah, there are severe problems with the updater as distributed, and it needs to be patched to be even useable. This has been **much** discussed and you might want to check out the archives. However,... Have you added an update repository yet? If not do that first. YaST -> Online Update Configuration (warning - this may take a while) or enter one directly using YaST -> Installation Source (which may take slightly less time) After that, the first update *must* be done with YOU (YaST -> Online Update). Only two packages should be selected by default. Just accept what is offered. After that repeat the process, accepting only what YOU offers. It might seem like nothing happened once or twice, just keep repeating the process. After the second or third time, many patches will be offered. At this point the update system is useable and works pretty well. You can can now use YOU or zen/zmd (the orange globe) or rug (command line interface to zmd) to do the updates. Alternatively, many people seem to bypass all of these and use smart, but I haven't tried that so I won't comment. As far as the nvidia drivers go, you can add an installation source in YaST which should take care of things automatically (I don't have the address handy). Alternatively, you can drop down to run level 3 and as root type 'tiny-nvidia-installer --update' (without the quotes) and follow the directions. After that stops, run 'sax2 -r -m 0=nvidia' change settings as required and save. If the test looks good, go back to run level 5 and you should be OK. This requires the kernel sources and gcc to be installed, and the process must be repeated after a kernel update. Good luck! -- Don
Thanks for this information Don. Unfortunately I've already done same updates it seems with the other system so I don't just get two packages for updating. I did look in the archive and found a thread that talked about getting a heap of packages from (Message-Id: <200609031154.29350.andjoh@rydsbo.net>) I did this but now unfortunately I'm getting package errors with that method as well (lots of failed dependencies). Should I just install again and try afresh or is there another method? Ta. Peter. On Friday 29 September 2006 10:37, Don Raboud wrote:
On Thursday 28 September 2006 18:06, Peter Nunn wrote:
Folks,
I've just installed open 10.1 and am having a heap of problems with it.
I tried installing the suse nvidia drivers and that's resulted in a blank screen each time, so I've gone to fail safe and changed the xorg.conf back to the original one.
I try to update the packages and get dependency conflicts that I can't resolve (particularly patch:libzypp-1533-0.noarch) that I can't not install.
Software Manager thinks it starts but nothing shows up on the screen...
Very annoying as I really want my company to move away from Red Hat and Windows to SUSE, but not a really good demo at this stage.
Any ideas anyone? Especially on the software manager. Because that's not working I had to install the nvidia drivers using rpm, so that may be the problem there I guess.
Yeah, there are severe problems with the updater as distributed, and it needs to be patched to be even useable. This has been **much** discussed and you might want to check out the archives. However,...
Have you added an update repository yet? If not do that first.
YaST -> Online Update Configuration (warning - this may take a while)
or enter one directly using
YaST -> Installation Source (which may take slightly less time)
After that, the first update *must* be done with YOU (YaST -> Online Update). Only two packages should be selected by default. Just accept what is offered.
After that repeat the process, accepting only what YOU offers. It might seem like nothing happened once or twice, just keep repeating the process. After the second or third time, many patches will be offered. At this point the update system is useable and works pretty well. You can can now use YOU or zen/zmd (the orange globe) or rug (command line interface to zmd) to do the updates. Alternatively, many people seem to bypass all of these and use smart, but I haven't tried that so I won't comment.
As far as the nvidia drivers go, you can add an installation source in YaST which should take care of things automatically (I don't have the address handy). Alternatively, you can drop down to run level 3 and as root type
'tiny-nvidia-installer --update' (without the quotes)
and follow the directions. After that stops, run
'sax2 -r -m 0=nvidia'
change settings as required and save. If the test looks good, go back to run level 5 and you should be OK. This requires the kernel sources and gcc to be installed, and the process must be repeated after a kernel update.
Good luck!
-- Don
-- Use Computes?.... ...Think IT!
On Friday 29 September 2006 01:30, Peter Nunn wrote:
Thanks for this information Don.
Unfortunately I've already done same updates it seems with the other system so I don't just get two packages for updating.
I did look in the archive and found a thread that talked about getting a heap of packages from (Message-Id: <200609031154.29350.andjoh@rydsbo.net>)
I did this but now unfortunately I'm getting package errors with that method as well (lots of failed dependencies).
Should I just install again and try afresh or is there another method?
Hard to say without knowing exactly what is wrong or what you have tried. There are proably ways to fix what you have. You could try running YOU and only select the two packages in question (libzypp and yast ). Try that once or twice, and then try to do the rest of the updates. Maybe that will fix the dependency issues, maybe not. You do need to get these fixed. However, if you don't have much more than an initial installation yet anyway, I would suggest a full reinstall is simpler, safer and not a bad idea. I just installed 10.1 on a laptop two days ago and the whole process took just over two hours to get a basic install fully patched. Far and away the quickest and easiest 10.1 install I have done. -- Don
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Peter Nunn wrote:
Thanks for this information Don.
Unfortunately I've already done same updates it seems with the other system so I don't just get two packages for updating.
I did look in the archive and found a thread that talked about getting a heap of packages from (Message-Id: <200609031154.29350.andjoh@rydsbo.net>)
I did this but now unfortunately I'm getting package errors with that method as well (lots of failed dependencies).
Should I just install again and try afresh or is there another method? Hi
You dont need to reinstall i think. Just install Smart and let it fix it all. Surely your system will be up and running in less than half an hour... For smart go here: http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/rpm-navigation.php?cat=/System/smart Download the following for your architecture to your home folder: smart smart-addons smart-gui Once download, right click on the files (in the order they are listed above) and choose *Actions* > *Install with YAST*. When finished you'll find it at *kmenu* > *System* > *Configuration* > *Smart Package Manager*. Guru even put in the main repositories you'll need! Once open hit the *Update Channels* button. After that press the update button next to the search button. All should be well... - -- Regards Kenneth Aar -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFHlMQMrkZx1uu3OwRAtosAJwMMU7NBU70ckecdGFXdPJj+GB9KACeONs1 cmqm3UIf2Z9c4Xhe7DAWKaQ= =ARy4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
participants (3)
-
Don Raboud
-
Kenneth Aar, Grafikern.no
-
Peter Nunn