[opensuse] Yast update log location?
Hi, I would like to find out where/what file I can look to find out if the system has done an online update as it has been enabled to check on a daily basis. The reason is so that I can then make a copy of the updated RPM's/deltas/patches in /var/lib/YaST2/you/mnt/i386/update/9.2/ folder. I have had a look at /var/log/YaST2/y2logRPM and searched in the archives at http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/ with no luck. Can somebody help? -- ======================================================================== Using SuSE 9.2 Professional with KDE and Mozilla Mail 1.7.13 Linux user # 229959 at http://counter.li.org ======================================================================== -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC) wrote:
Hi,
I would like to find out where/what file I can look to find out if the system has done an online update as it has been enabled to check on a daily basis. The reason is so that I can then make a copy of the updated RPM's/deltas/patches in /var/lib/YaST2/you/mnt/i386/update/9.2/ folder.
You problably should spend the effort to change to a supported version of Suse. The Announcement that Suse 9.2 is no longer supported with updates came last week. Have a look at /var/lib/YaST2/you/youlog Sandy -- List replies only please! Please address PMs to: news-reply2 (@) japantest (.) homelinux (.) com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Sandy Drobic wrote:
Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC) wrote:
Hi,
I would like to find out where/what file I can look to find out if the system has done an online update as it has been enabled to check on a daily basis. The reason is so that I can then make a copy of the updated RPM's/deltas/patches in /var/lib/YaST2/you/mnt/i386/update/9.2/ folder.
You problably should spend the effort to change to a supported version of Suse. The Announcement that Suse 9.2 is no longer supported with updates came last week. Tnx, I am well aware that I am usinf an unsupported version. 'Unfortunately' 9.2 just works mostly the way I want it to. Not having to have the latest and greatest hardware and OS is a strength of Linux. I'll upgrade when I can, and hopefully the recent M$-Novell deal will make a future version that is easier to use/operate without losing the strengths of Linux.
Lets see what joy and grief 10.2 brings to the list and maybe I'll upgrade.
Have a look at /var/lib/YaST2/you/youlog
Cool, just what I was looking for :) Regards -- ======================================================================== Using SuSE 9.2 Professional with KDE and Mozilla Mail 1.7.13 Linux user # 229959 at http://counter.li.org ======================================================================== -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC) wrote:
You problably should spend the effort to change to a supported version of Suse. The Announcement that Suse 9.2 is no longer supported with updates came last week. Tnx, I am well aware that I am usinf an unsupported version. 'Unfortunately' 9.2 just works mostly the way I want it to. Not having to have the latest and greatest hardware and OS is a strength of Linux. I'll upgrade when I can, and hopefully the recent M$-Novell deal will make a future version that is easier to use/operate without losing the strengths of Linux.
Lets see what joy and grief 10.2 brings to the list and maybe I'll upgrade.
I am also still using Suse 9., though I will install 10.2 as soon as it becomes available as a boxed version. Bought the 10.1 box and was appalled at the sluggish behavior of yast, especially the software installation. the 10.2 beta2 seemed better as far as software installation was concerned, and I am going to install the RC1 soon, so I'll have some idea what to look out for. Sandy -- List replies only please! Please address PMs to: news-reply2 (@) japantest (.) homelinux (.) com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC) wrote:
Sandy Drobic wrote:
Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC) wrote:
Hi,
I would like to find out where/what file I can look to find out if the system has done an online update as it has been enabled to check on a daily basis. The reason is so that I can then make a copy of the updated RPM's/deltas/patches in /var/lib/YaST2/you/mnt/i386/update/9.2/ folder.
You problably should spend the effort to change to a supported version of Suse. The Announcement that Suse 9.2 is no longer supported with updates came last week.
Tnx, I am well aware that I am usinf an unsupported version. 'Unfortunately' 9.2 just works mostly the way I want it to. Not having to have the latest and greatest hardware and OS is a strength of Linux. I'll upgrade when I can, and hopefully the recent M$-Novell deal will make a future version that is easier to use/operate without losing the strengths of Linux.
Lets see what joy and grief 10.2 brings to the list and maybe I'll upgrade.
Have a look at /var/lib/YaST2/you/youlog
Cool, just what I was looking for :)
Regards
There are plenty of distros for older hardware that ARE supported with updates and security patches. For example, Xubuntu http://www.xubuntu.com/. http://www.xubuntu.com/ I had to wipe SUSE 10.0 off of an old Celeron based PC we have here at home cause it was crashing too much with only 128MB (to be fair, SUSE does specify 256MB minimum memory). I replaced SuSE with CentOS 4.4 (an open source version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux), and rather than accept the default 256MB swap partition, I made the swap partition a little over 500MB. (I did not do that when I installed SUSE, so a fair comparison cannot be made.) I have CentOS running using GNOME as its window manager. It has been running reliably for months, but now I have discovered xubuntu and am thinking about giving that a try. It's as much out of curiosity as anything. I have seen "regular" ubuntu running very well under VMWare server on a Windows XP box for months now. If it runs that well under Windows, I just wonder how well it works as the native OS. I've never used xcfe--the lean window manager that xubuntu uses--but a lean window manager that looks as good as it does in their screen shots has certainly got my attention. FYI, this PC I'm using is still running SuSE 10.0. It has problems which resulted from upgrading from 9.2 to 10.0, so I'm thinking of looking at something else and add to my experience with Linux. Maybe even do my own Linux From Scratch and Beyond Linux From Scratch for the knowledge I expect to gain from that exercise. I've installed and used 6 different Linux distros (I'm considering a paid copy of SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (SLES 10) as a separate distro, since it is different enough from the community versions of 8, 9, and 10 that I have tried). It was obvious that SLES 10 is a commercial product by its install and its default configuration (even if a lot under the hood was the same). To clarify, SLES 10 installs and sets up with 3 main goals in mind: reliability, stability, and security. I was impressed that it lived up to those goals. My main complaints were: 1)the non-standard Reiser file system, and 2)the "SuSE way" of arranging the hierarchy of the file structure, and 3)not as close to standard UNIX as Red Hat, as far as installed UNIX tools and installed kernel modules. You see, in the commercial UNIX/Linux world, you can't forget that Red Hat has 70% of the market and then put out a product that is not compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). The Reiser file system turned out to be incompatible with Macromedia's Flex License Manager, which is used by more than a few commercial UNIX/Linux products, so that resulted in a complete re-install of the O/S and the application. Macromedia say they have solved that problem, but I will never take that chance again. I will ALWAYS install SUSE with the Ext3 file system and be safe. Actually, I will install CentOS or RHEL, and be sure of compatibility. I get nothing for picking one distro over another, except more or less headaches. In case you're wondering what distro I've tried:, my list is: 1)Red Hat, 2)Debian, 3)SuSE, 4)Mandrake, 5)CentOS, and 5)SLES 10. I have installed AND run various versions of these distros (except Mandrake and SLES10), and the experience has only added to my knowledge (or rather, forced me to learn more... LOL). The bottomline, don't be afraid to let go of one distro and try another. The investment of time will pay off in experience and knowledge gained. John -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tue, 28 Nov 2006, John wrote:
Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC) wrote:
Sandy Drobic wrote:
Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC) wrote:
I would like to find out where/what file I can look to find out if the system has done an online update as it has been enabled to check on a daily basis. The reason is so that I can then make a copy of the updated RPM's/deltas/patches in /var/lib/YaST2/you/mnt/i386/update/9.2/ folder. Tnx, I am well aware that I am usinf an unsupported version. 'Unfortunately' 9.2 just works mostly the way I want it to. Not having to have the latest and greatest hardware and OS is a strength of Linux. I'll upgrade when I can, and hopefully the recent M$-Novell deal will make a future version that is easier to use/operate without losing the strengths of Linux.
Lets see what joy and grief 10.2 brings to the list and maybe I'll upgrade. Cool, just what I was looking for :)
There are plenty of distros for older hardware that ARE supported with updates and security patches. For example, Xubuntu http://www.xubuntu.com/. http://www.xubuntu.com/
I am running SUSE 10.1 on a Pentium III 666 MHz with 128 MB with KDE. I have to stop ZMD or remove it. Stop Beagle and set the system to run daily/weekly logs at night(when I sleep). I use smart/yast2. It works really well. I did create a 750 MB swap partition to install. It took about 16 hours to install, but after that I run it without any problems. I have 4-6 xterms, 4 SeaMonkey windows and one Open Office word processor. It runs really well about 98% of the time.
I had to wipe SUSE 10.0 off of an old Celeron based PC we have here at home cause it was crashing too much with only 128MB (to be fair, SUSE does specify 256MB minimum memory). I replaced SuSE with CentOS 4.4 (an open source version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux), and rather than accept the default 256MB swap partition, I made the swap partition a little over 500MB. (I did not do that when I installed SUSE, so a fair comparison cannot be made.)
See above. I am running without problems. I installed 10.0. The main
thing is having a big swat partition to do the installation. I found
doing a local network install is the best. I downloaded the entire
distribution tree and did the install. It did take some time to choose
everything and fix conflicts but after that it went really smoothly and
runs great. The install is the only real pain. I boot the system to 6
different OS's. I mainly run SUSE 10.1 on it.
I have tried on this system 8 other distributions but I prefer SUSE and it
works best for my needs.
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Boyd Gerber
On Tue, 2006-11-28 at 17:12 -0600, John wrote:
Tnx, I am well aware that I am usinf an unsupported version. 'Unfortunately' 9.2 just works mostly the way I want it to. Not having to have the latest and greatest hardware and OS is a strength of Linux. I'll upgrade when I can, and hopefully the recent M$-Novell deal will make a future version that is easier to use/operate without losing the strengths of Linux.
9.2 still works well on this PII but it does have 256mb. Ill put in more to use 10.0. I was just given a PIII HP Kayak but ill need to upgrade its 6 gig drive. So I might have 9.2, 10.0 and 10.2 on various boxes soon. -- ___ _ _ _ ____ _ _ _ | | | | [__ | | | |___ |_|_| ___] | \/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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Boyd Lynn Gerber -
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John -
Sandy Drobic