OpenSuse updater in my panel is showing 170 optional upgrades, when I select ?all and then hit install it does nothing. ?When I go into Yast - online update I can not see the upgrade packages. ? ?I'm running SuSe 11.0 ? ?How can I upgrade to the new versions? ? ?Thanks ?Phil -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Saturday 16 August 2008 00:28:44 Philip Burness wrote:
OpenSuse updater in my panel is showing 170 optional upgrades, when I select ?all and then hit install it does nothing. ?When I go into Yast - online update I can not see the upgrade packages. ? ?I'm running SuSe 11.0 ? ?How can I upgrade to the new versions? ? ?Thanks ?Phil
Yep, same problem here. PackageKit is likely the problem - whole list of yast2-gtk updates that pertain to various kludges that cause this problem. When I try to initiate the download from yast to I get a message that yast can't access the PackageKet module. Previously and prior today it wouldn't DL anything but jump straight to updating again, and again, and again.... my only recourse it seems is to manually DL the rpm updtaes and install them by hand. Anyone else having this problem and more importantly a fix or workaround? TIA Curtis. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sat, 2008-08-16 at 08:28 +0100, Philip Burness wrote:
OpenSuse updater in my panel is showing 170 optional upgrades, when I select ?all and then hit install it does nothing. ?When I go into Yast - online update I can not see the upgrade packages. ? ?I'm running SuSe 11.0 ? ?How can I upgrade to the new versions? ? ?Thanks ?Phil
Right, online update will search for patches. The reason why it's not installing is probably a dependency issue somewhere. Apparently if updater is asked a question, it gets confused. Go into Yast --> Software Management and search for them, you don't have to search for the whole word, I'm sure alot of them are libs and kde packages, but if a dependency option box pops up, that's the problem. Also I noticed there's one package, and I can't ever tell what one, maybe if I went through the /var/log/zypper.log I could figure it out, but it gives a kdesu error. So w/ all this, I've just started to primarily update through Yast. -- Michael S. Dunsavage -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Saturday 16 August 2008 12:41:33 Michael S. Dunsavage wrote:
On Sat, 2008-08-16 at 08:28 +0100, Philip Burness wrote:
OpenSuse updater in my panel is showing 170 optional upgrades, when I select ?all and then hit install it does nothing. ?When I go into Yast - online update I can not see the upgrade packages. ? ?I'm running SuSe 11.0 ? ?How can I upgrade to the new versions? ? ?Thanks ?Phil
Right, online update will search for patches. The reason why it's not installing is probably a dependency issue somewhere. Apparently if updater is asked a question, it gets confused.
Go into Yast --> Software Management and search for them, you don't have to search for the whole word, I'm sure alot of them are libs and kde packages, but if a dependency option box pops up, that's the problem.
Can't. Tried that and I get the same message - can't access package database due to it's claims that another program is accessing it - checking top disputes this. I tried to DL the rpm/rpm-delta for the update repo and issue and "rpm -Uhv *.rpm --replacefiles --replacespkgs" and it spits out cpio errors with the packages...
Also I noticed there's one package, and I can't ever tell what one, maybe if I went through the /var/log/zypper.log I could figure it out, but it gives a kdesu error. So w/ all this, I've just started to primarily update through Yast.
I have had repeated problems with the file sys as well - had it crash the ext3 file sys on a brand new HDD and had to rebuild the from the journal... It's been working o'k since but a whole host of other issue has been leaking out at a fairly consistant rate. I recently unsub'ed from all the SuSE mailing list and DL'ed a ISO of Kumbuntu to replace my SuSE install but got nostalgic, likely becuase I've been using SuSE since kernel 2.4/7.x days and used to beta test it when it's was still a German only Linux Distro. I also realize the openSuSE is supposed to be essentially a working beta release - but the level of problems with the gnome/gtk vs the KDE3.x integration (big KDE fan) and the utter (IMHO) KDE4/plasma debacle has pushed me in the direction of going elsewhere to see if I can't find a bit more stability (of which Linux made it's bones as an OS). That mini rant aside - I am very frustrated with the lack of usability - seems things are moving backwards IMHO. Any help would be greatly appreciated - TIA Curtis. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Can't. Tried that and I get the same message - can't access package database due to it's claims that another program is accessing it - checking top disputes this.
why top? try " pa aux |grep" and "ps aux |grep zypper" only one program can read the packages @ a time
I recently unsub'ed from all the SuSE mailing list and DL'ed a ISO of Kumbuntu to replace my SuSE install but got nostalgic, likely becuase I've been using SuSE since kernel 2.4/7.x days and used to beta test it when it's was still a German only Linux Distro. I also realize the openSuSE is supposed to be essentially a working beta release - but the level of problems with the gnome/gtk vs the KDE3.x integration (big KDE fan) and the utter (IMHO) KDE4/plasma debacle has pushed me in the direction of going elsewhere to see if I can't find a bit more stability (of which Linux made it's bones as an OS).
That mini rant aside - I am very frustrated with the lack of usability - seems things are moving backwards IMHO.
Any help would be greatly appreciated - TIA Curtis.
Well, that's a shame you feel that way. I think Suse 11.0 has made big movements ahead. Yast is faster, I happen to like KDE 4. Actually, I downloaded the 4.1 beta and just ran the daily updates for it until 4.1 came out. No one forces you to use KDE 4. You could have installed 3.5 during the install. As for your lack of usability, all you mention is the updater, and, you're one mistake w/ the FS that you said is working well, apparently no data loss. Was that after a hard crash by any chance? -- Michael S. Dunsavage -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Hi Mike, Hi Phil, Hi List
OpenSuse updater in my panel is showing 170 optional upgrades, when I select ?all and then hit install it does nothing. ?When I go into Yast - online update I can not see the upgrade packages. ? ?I'm running SuSe 11.0
Right, online update will search for patches. The reason why it's not installing is probably a dependency issue somewhere. Apparently if updater is asked a question, it gets confused.
I have the same problem. Every day the suse updater tells me there are patches to install (mostly kde4.1). When I hit the 'select all' button and click install, the updater asks for root password and then shows the message box Phil described. yast says there is nothing to update, when asked. somehow strange, when I select the patches in chunks (maybe 20 - 30 a time) they all install fine without any errors. I've done that the third time and now I'm refusing to do this once more. I've investigated to a maybe broken package database, but came up with nothing. The machine is running factory KDE 4.1 with compiz-fusion. Any help / ideas will be appreciated. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Hi! Am Dienstag, 19. August 2008 18:05 schrieb Thorsten Moorhoff:
somehow strange, when I select the patches in chunks (maybe 20 - 30 a time) they all install fine without any errors. I've done that the third time and now I'm refusing to do this once more.
I've investigated to a maybe broken package database, but came up with nothing.
The machine is running factory KDE 4.1 with compiz-fusion.
Any help / ideas will be appreciated.
sudo zypper up? Regards, Matthias -- Matthias Bach www.marix.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tue, 2008-08-19 at 18:39 +0200, Matthias Bach wrote:
sudo zypper up?
Actually sudo zypper dup is a better choice. I used zypper up and it only looked for patches, zypper dup will run the update. the kdesu problem has been a reported bug for a while now. I believe it has something to do with how KDE uses sudo. There was a discussion in June or July on this exact list about this, actually. But anyway, use zypper dup -- Michael S. Dunsavage -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tuesday 19 August 2008 12:46:59 pm Michael S. Dunsavage wrote:
On Tue, 2008-08-19 at 18:39 +0200, Matthias Bach wrote:
sudo zypper up?
Actually sudo zypper dup is a better choice. I used zypper up and it only looked for patches, zypper dup will run the update.
the kdesu problem has been a reported bug for a while now. I believe it has something to do with how KDE uses sudo. There was a discussion in June or July on this exact list about this, actually. But anyway, use
zypper dup
or zypper up -t package In any case: man zypper is a friend. -- Regards, Rajko http://en.opensuse.org/Portal needs helpful hands. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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